{"id":4044,"date":"2013-10-02T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2013-10-02T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:04:35","slug":"health-care-law-leaves-grady-45-million-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/10\/02\/health-care-law-leaves-grady-45-million-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Health care law leaves Grady $45 million short"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

The result could mean major cuts at Georgia\u2019s largest trauma center, according to Channel 2\u2019s Lori Geary.<\/p>\n

Danielle Words is an uninsured hospital patient who uses Grady as a safety net because it cares for thousands of uninsured Georgians.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I didn\u2019t have this resource, I\u2019d really be in big trouble,\u201d Words said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Words plans to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act because she qualifies in the insurance exchange.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cIf Georgia were to expand, we estimate we\u2019d have an additional 40,000 patients that would be eligible under the new rolled out expansion of Medicaid,\u201d Grady President and CEO John Haupert told Geary.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Full article: http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com \u2026 million-short\/nbCp8\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s largest trauma center, according to Channel 2\u2019s Lori Geary. Danielle Words is an uninsured hospital patient who uses Grady as a safety net because it cares for thousands of uninsured Georgians. \u201cIf I didn\u2019t have this resource, I\u2019d really be in big trouble,\u201d Words said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important to me.\u201d Words plans to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act because she qualifies in the insurance exchange. Thousands more who are treated at Grady would have qualified for Medicaid, but Georgia chose not to expand the health care program. \u201cIf Georgia were to expand, we estimate we\u2019d have an additional 40,000 patients that would be eligible under the new rolled out expansion of Medicaid,\u201d 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. Full article: http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com \u2026 million-short\/nbCp8\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[128,1252],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","tag-aca","tag-obamacare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}