Rick Jackson’s Medicaid Plan, Trump Voters and GOP Divisions

Georgia politics is colliding with college football this week on Peach Pundit the Podcast. Scot Turner and Buzz Brockway start with the SEC showdown involving LSU, Lane Kiffin, and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr before turning to the 2026 campaign trail. They break down Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon’s relationship with Republican nominee Rick Jackson, the challenge of turning out Trump voters, and the roughly 200,000 Georgians who have shown they are willing to split their tickets. They also discuss Mike Collins, Jon Ossoff, Donald Trump, and the RNC’s unusual midterm convention. Then Scot and Buzz dig into Rick Jackson’s newly announced “Intelligent Medicaid Expansion” proposal, including Georgia Pathways, work requirements, private insurance, federal Medicaid funding, health care price transparency, telemedicine, and the unanswered questions surrounding the plan. Also this week: Georgia’s search for a new voting system, the Georgia Supreme Court’s major property rights ruling involving Blue 42 Organics, Democratic attacks on Republican lawmakers Scot Hilton and Deborah Silcox, and another troubling chapter in the debate over Flock Safety cameras and privacy. Peach Pundit the Podcast brings you Georgia politics, policy, campaigns, elections, and plenty of opinions from Scot Turner and Buzz Brockway.