Top 10 Georgia Health Care Stories In 2018

Among the top Georgia health stories in 2018: The deadly flu virus, challenges rural hospitals face, and how immigrant doctors help to relieve the physician shortage in the state.

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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.