Healthcare becomes top priority at Georgia capitol
ATLANTA (WSAV) — With the recent closing of rural hospitals and Atlanta's Wellstar Medical Center, lawmakers say funding medical resources will be ...
ATLANTA (WSAV) — With the recent closing of rural hospitals and Atlanta's Wellstar Medical Center, lawmakers say funding medical resources will be a top priority. 'Can we pass Medicaid this year. There have been portions of it but hopefully we can make Georgia a Medicaid state,' State Rep. Brian Prince (D-Augusta) said. Lawmakers say one new change this year will be to provide healthcare access to people getting out of prison and those below the poverty line. 'I am excited to expand Medicaid – a Georgia pathway – with the help of the courts that the plan we passed, Georgians First, is an excellent plan for able-bodied adults that are officially in the poverty range – 100% below the poverty level,' State Rep.