The Trump Administration signed off on the extension of Georgia Pathways even as a new report commissioned by Senator Reverend Warnock found the failed program came in over budget and under delivered

The nonpartisan report finds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wrongly approved higher federal matching rates for certain administrative costs, wasting taxpayer dollars

In a new statement, Senator Warnock chastised the approved extension of Georgia Pathways as an immoral decision that only makes our country sicker and poorer

 
Senator Warnock: “The only thing Pathways is incredibly effective at is barring working people from health coverage and making corporate consultants richer. If Republican politicians were serious about getting people to work, they would have closed the coverage gap nationwide and cut out the government bureaucracy”

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released a new statement after the federal government approved an extension of the Georgia Pathways health care program, which follows a new nonpartisan report commissioned by Senator Warnock highlighting how the program came in over budget and under delivered.

“Georgia’s Pathways program ironically provides no reliable path to affordable health care for Georgians,” said Senator Warnock. “The only thing Pathways is incredibly effective at is barring working people from health coverage and making corporate consultants richer. If Republican politicians were serious about getting people to work, they would have closed the coverage gap nationwide and cut out the government bureaucracy. Today’s decision will continue to keep health care away from Georgians who need it most. It is wrong, it is immoral, and it only makes our country sicker and poorer.”

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