Blog Health Justice Laura Harker Governor’s Vision for Georgia Omits Help for Struggling Health Care System January 12, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Laura Harker Gov. Nathan Deal delivered his final state of the state remarks yesterday without addressing Georgia’s growing rural health care crisis. Six rural hospitals have shuttered since 2013 across the state, leaving holes in local economies, and more than half of Georgia’s remaining rural hospitals are financially vulnerable to closure. Opioid abuse and unmet mental health needs are decimating […] Read more » Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal health health coverage health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion State of the State
