Rural Georgia Hospital Closes; More to Follow?

Small Rural Hospital Closes Doors;  More May Follow by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  February 4, 2013.

The hospital is Calhoun Memorial Hospital in southwest Georgia.  The rise in charity cases from $834,000 in 2008 to $1.8 in 2012.  The original intention of the Affordable Care Act those received free charity care would have received coverage under Medicaid.  However the Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid expansion was optional.  Georgia Governor Nathan Deal says that Medicaid will not be expanded because it is too costly.  Calhoun county has high rates of uninsured, obesity, premature deaths, and low birth-rate babies.