State Sen. Hill Unveils State Medicaid Reform Bill

Leading Georgia health-care reformer State Sen. Judson Hill (R – Marietta) this week introduced Senate Bill 92 as his latest initiative to improve the state's current health care system and to make healthcare more accessible for all Georgians.

SB 92 would transfer eligible state Medicaid and Peach Care patients’ medical coverage to a private health insurance provider with state health care funds still paying the premiums. The measure is intended to help Medicaid and Peachcare recipients obtain healthcare in the doctor’s office rather than be turned away due to low physician reimbursements pushing the recipients to the hospital emergency room for care.

The measure also provides eligible recipients the opportunity to stay insured under the same plan once they move off of government assistance.

Hill said he believes SB 92 is an essential measure to accomplish his mission of improving access to quality care and lowering health insurance costs for every Georgian.

Hill projects these new policies could potentially save the $80 million dollars a year, in which these savings could be used to help alleviate any future healthcare funding shortfalls such as the $110 million dollar projected shortfall Georgia is facing for later this year.