Atlanta Grady Hospital loses $45 million via ObamaCare, funding of many such hospitals that care for the poor cut by ObamaCare. US Supreme Ct. ruling changed entire basis of ObamaCare, Court said Obama couldn't force states to pay Medicaid bills formerly paid by fed. gov.

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10/1/13, "Health care law leaves Grady $45 million short," WSB TV, Atlanta

"In an ironic twist, Grady Memorial Hospital faces a $45 million funding loss directly related to a new health care law designed to benefit the hospital.

The result could mean major cuts at Georgia's largest trauma center, according to Channel 2’s Lori Geary....

Thousands more who are treated at Grady would have qualified for Medicaid, but Georgia chose not to expand the health care program.

“If Georgia were to expand, we estimate we'd have an additional 40,000 patients that would be eligible under the new rolled out expansion of Medicaid," Grady President and CEO John Haupert told Geary.

The Affordable Care Act also cut federal funding for hospitals that care for the poor, like Grady. The intent of the law was to expand Medicaid to offset those losses.

However, the U.S. Supreme Court left Medicaid expansion up to the states and Gov. Nathan Deal decided Georgia could not afford it.

"The impact to Grady when it's fully implemented will be a loss of $45 million a year in funding,” Haupert said.
  
The loss of funding means the hospital must prepare to cut clinical services."...via Free Republic

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Comment: The GOP never once tried to explain this to the public, especially the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling. The US is supposed to have a 2 party system. The GOP is supposed to be the opposition. The GOP considers we the people to be the opposition. This ruling class starting with the Bush crowd and Fox News is one sick bunch and must be replaced.


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