Nathan Deal in Our Time Is Now: Power

On Health Care: Objected to ObamaCare navigators, due to additional cost

With one of the most restrictive policies in the nation, those of us who had been agitating for better policy cheered when the Affordable Care Act plans included coverage for the working poor through the Medicaid expansion program. Then the state took a step few of us anticipated: it joined with a handful of states to make becoming a navigator nearly impossible beyond the limited federal program by imposing additional cost and licensure requirements few could meet. Despite the states' animosity to The Affordable Care Act, I had not imagined [Governor Deal] would also object to educating citizens about a way to gain health insurance and possibly save their lives.