Health Care Took Spotlight In Governor’s Race
Brian Kemp won Georgia’s highest office, keeping Republicans in power and supporting the party’s longtime opposition to Medicaid expansion in the state. But Democrat Stacey Abrams, who not only endorsed expansion but made it a centerpiece of her campaign, came very close to defeating him.
With Georgia’s high rate of uninsured, the coverage issue appears far from dead.
Kemp supports a proposal to raise the rural hospital tax credit program to $100 million, though much of his health care agenda remains unknown.
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