The PPACA cut federal funding for some safety-net hospitals, though the law was designed to offset those losses with state-by-state Medicaid expansions, according to the report.
Because Georgia decided the Medicaid expansion wasn’t affordable for the state, Grady will have to find a way to balance its budget.
The hospital will begin to cut clinical services, though it’s not yet clear which will be first to be downsized, according to the report.
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