Georgia Lawmakers Discuss Concerns About Medicaid Health Insurance

Health Insurance Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday discussed concerns about low- and middle-income families' access to dental coverage after the state last fall shifted nearly one million Medicaid and PeachCare beneficiaries to care management organizations Health Insurance, Morris Augusta Chronicle reports. PeachCare is Georgia's version of SCHIP.

Beneficiaries were shifted to care management organizations, which are similar to HMOs,Health Insurance in an effort to reduce costs. However, Health Insurance one of the three companies operating the plans has decided to terminate its contract with a dental provider with several offices in the western region of the state, Health Insurance and two of the plans are considering terminating contracts with a mobile dental lab that operates in counties throughout Georgia.