Fulton County Government Control Dispute Could Impact Grady Hospital Funding

Fight For Control Of Fulton County Likely To Escalate Over Grady by Jim Galloway.  March 16, 2013.

The Fulton County government provides substantial support for Grady Memorial Hospital.  H.B. 541 making its way through the Georgia legislature could impact the amount of funding Fulton County could provide by lowering property tax revenue available to the county.  This measure comes on top of the decision by Governor Nathan Deal to refuse to expand the Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act.  Funding available under the Act would have  replaced a federal cut in Grady funding when it was assumed that all states would be compelled to participate in the Medicaid expansion.  Under the assumption that the state would have to participate these federal cuts would have been compensated for.   That assumption was destroyed when the Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid expansion was at the option of the states.