Medicaid to make major shift in state

Medicaid to make major shift in state...

The twice-delayed overhaul, called Georgia Healthy Families, will begin June 1 in the metro Atlanta and Macon and Columbus areas. Aimed at saving millions of dollars a year — partly by discouraging patients from using hospital emergency rooms for routine medical care — the plan is considered the biggest change in the history of Georgia Medicaid, the government insurance program for the poor and disabled....The 500,000 who get Medicaid coverage in the "aged, blind and disabled" category — many in long-term care — aren't included in the new program.