Georgia's ACA enrollment plummet: how that's a bad look for Kemp and a Democrat

Georgia's ACA enrollment plummet: how that's a bad look for Kemp and a Democrat

New data obtained by The Current and Georgia Recorder (thanks to a FOIA request) shows Affordable Care Act enrollment in Georgia slumped by more than one-third at the start of 2026, on the heels of pandemic-era enhanced subsidies going away (remember the government shutdown last fall?).

With outgoing Governor Brian Kemp thinking 2028 might be fertile territory for him to tout his era of governance, this won't age well; but it's not just a bad look for "Brine." It's also a potential sore spot for the former GOP Lieutenant Governor now running to be governor - as a Democrat.

Geoff Duncan has made a compelling case that he's sacrificed a lot, and suffered mightily personally, from his ideological transformation, and has bravely said - on many occasions - "I was wrong," but that doesn't stop pundits and his primary adversaries from reminding voters where he stood on Medicaid expansion, gun control, reproductive rights (to name a few). With rural Georgia hospitals set to see $3.5 billion less in revenue, moving forward, how might his former role find him in a tough spot in culpability?

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Trump keeps lying (about 9/11) | Islamophobic outrage at NYC mayor shows we've learned little since that day

Trump keeps lying (about 9/11) | Islamophobic outrage at NYC mayor shows we've learned little since that day

Years and decades from now historians and psychoanalysts will dissect the Trump era and Donald's chronic need to lie about his accomplishments and whereabouts - never mind the narcissism and predatory...

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'Insight' polling - outlier or legit?

'Insight' polling - outlier or legit?

PLUS: Rick Jackson's effective ads vs Keisha Lance Bottoms' retail style - which will win?The Rick Jackson campaign has taken a two-pronged approach in the race to be Georgia's next governor: portray ...

8 Sep 44min

This NW Georgia cattle farmer - and Congressional candidate - has beef with Trump's tariff policies

This NW Georgia cattle farmer - and Congressional candidate - has beef with Trump's tariff policies

Shawn Harris, vying to unseat Republican Clay Fuller in Georgia's 14th Congressional district, is also a cattle farmer, and like many in the trade, is suffering mightily under Trump's looming beef imp...

1 Sep 44min

Ragsdale's rally rant & the aftermath: intimidating Cobb's teachers

Ragsdale's rally rant & the aftermath: intimidating Cobb's teachers

At Cobb County's 'Back to School' faculty rally, superintendent (and Trump fan-boy) went off on a 12-plus minutes long political bender that sent dozens of Cobb educators heading for the aisles and ex...

1 Sep 44min

Trump, the Supremes and Rick Jackson all work to suppress the vote

Trump, the Supremes and Rick Jackson all work to suppress the vote

Donald Trump's March executive order aiming to curb mail-in voting (except for when he uses it, of course) drew swift legal action from dozens of states and voter rights organizations, and to hear the...

26 Aug 44min

Are you aware how easy it is to find out how you voted in Georgia?

Are you aware how easy it is to find out how you voted in Georgia?

Marilyn Marks, executive director at the Coalition for Good Governance, has long warned that Georgia's physical set-up for voting at precincts - using illuminated touch screens - violates Georgia Cons...

25 Aug 44min

Dickens is correct but also wrong in his DNC snub letter

Dickens is correct but also wrong in his DNC snub letter

PLUS: Alpharetta's aversion to icky renters & why would a Billy Linville crossover endorsement matter when Rick cant' get Burt on board?Earlier this week, the Democratic Party announced its finalists ...

21 Aug 44min

Au delivers painful truth on GOP's Medicaid expansion stubbornness

Au delivers painful truth on GOP's Medicaid expansion stubbornness

Medicaid expansion, predatory lending (to hospitals from the likes of Rick Jackson's Jackson Healthcare), vaccine confusion, gun (and school) safety, and a post-primary vibe check ... all that in Thur...

20 Aug 44min

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