Could-be good news #7 . . . if only our politicians would expand Medicaid in Georgia

Georgia's Republican governor and legislature remain adamant that they will not expand Medicaid because, they say, we can't afford it -- even though the federal government would have paid 100% of the cost for three years and more than 90% of it thereafter.   But here are the facts:

1.  300,000 more Georgians would have health care.
2.  $33 billion dollars would flow into the state.  At present, our federal tax dollars go to help pay for it in other states.
3.  80,000 new jobs would be created in the next decade.
4.  The state would be relieved of paying for mental health treatment that would be covered by these patients' individual Medicaid insurance.
5.  Rural hospitals would not have to close because of huge costs of treating indigent patients who would now be covered by Medicaid.

So a "good news" story has to remain "could be."   Shame on Georgia's Republicans.

Ralph