Hospitals and their advocates say the state’s trauma network is only half the size it should be, and that the fee, which would have been added on to annual car registrations, could have saved as many as 700 lives each year, according to the report.
Voters rejected the measure 53 percent to 47 percent.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek report on the failed Georgia trauma tax.
Read more coverage on Georgia hospitals:
– Hospital in Georgia Abandons CON Battle Against Ty Cobb Healthcare System
– Atlanta’s Grady Hospital Achieves First Profit in 10 Years
– State Board Considering Consolidating Medical College of Georgia With Hospital, Physicians
