Georgia is one of 10 states in the U.S. that has not adopted Medicaid expansions resulting from the Affordable Care Act.

Four Republicans added their signatures to a Democrat-sponsored bill seeking Medicaid expansion. With hundreds of Marines and National Guard members at the southern border in San Diego for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, concerns are being raised over how close the military personnel are to the ongoing South Bay sewage crisis.

A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a decade of firm GOP resistance.

The bill would have Georgia expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. They got four Republican senators signed onto the measure: Sen. Russ Goodman, Sen. Billy Hickman, Sen. Carden Summers and Sen. Sam Watson.

Introducing work requirements for Medicaid recipients is something the GOP has suggested will be brought into action.

More than 1.5 million Georgians enrolled in the state’s new health care exchange, Insurance Commissioner John King said. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would expand Medicaid.

Democrats in the state legislature are making another attempt this session to extend health insurance to more Georgians under Medicaid coverage — and this time, four Republicans have already signed on,

Goodman, Hickman and Watson declined comment. Summers told 11Alive News that he has heard from constituents who can be served with Medicaid expansion and is motivated to protect rural hospitals, including Crisp Regional Hospital in his hometown of Cordele.

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. But not before the sprawling plan had unleashed a wave of confusion — and some panic — among public and private organizations that rely on the money to fund programs aimed at everything from Meals on Wheels to solar power to cancer research.

Democrats in the Georgia Senate have attracted support of a handful of Republicans in their quest to expand Medicaid access in the state.

North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass expansion with a provision to create a workforce development program for beneficiaries.

Monday marks the start of the third week of the 2025 Georgia legislative session. WABE politics reporter Rahul Bali returned to “Closer Look” on Monday. He talked with show host Rose Scott about the latest,