Hospital industry leaders and state Republicans back the provider fee bill that would raise an estimated $689 million for the state’s Medicaid program and prevent a 20 percent cut to hospital Medicaid reimbursements, according to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s State of the State address.
Republican senators’ efforts, under the GOP governor’s direction, would extend the hospital tax for four years, at the opposition of Democratic lawmakers who say the bill was rushed without fully analyzing other alternatives.
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