Georgia’s Largest Hospital Advocacy Group Comes Out In Favor of Medicaid Expansion | WABE 90.1 FM

For the first time publicly, the state’s largest hospital advocacy group says Georgia needs to expand Medicaid under President Obama’s health reform law.

Georgia is one of 25 states that so far have opted out of the expansion.

Kevin Bloye of the Georgia Hospital Association, which represents 174 hospitals across Georgia, says state leaders needs to rethink their opposition.

“We need Medicaid expansion in the state. We need some sort of relief that will help address some of the financial challenges that the health care provider community is facing,” said Bloye. “These issues are real. They’re not going to go away and we trust leadership that they’re going to work with us on this.”

Gov. Nathan Deal insists the state can’t afford it, but Bloye says financial considerations are the exact reason Georgia needs to expand.

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