I love how they bring politics into everything, when it's simply greed and mismanagement. Medicaid expansion most likely helps illegal immigrants more than anyone else. The hospital even said Medicaid expansion would not have helped.
"Wellstar told Capital B Atlanta that Medicaid expansion may have alleviated some of the financial issues at AMC, but overall the financial burden was too great to conquer.
“AMC has sustained significant operating losses, including $107 million over the last 12 months alone, and has faced a unique set of challenges related to low utilization, aging infrastructure and operating losses, and lack of county funding for care provided to under and uninsured patients, ultimately resulting in this difficult decision,” a spokesperson for Wellstar said. “The pandemic and the intense financial headwinds straining all healthcare organizations right now have only made matters worse at AMC.”
Medicaid expansion (at least here in GA) will eventually push an increased tax bill to Atlanta/ Georgia citizens. Tax rate in Atlanta is 8.9% (people keep voting to pay for things that increases it) folks really can't afford an increase to that. Essentially, the whole "healthcare" system is flawed. I was supposed to have my son at AMC and I ended up going somewhere else. A nurse friend said she was glad I didn't go because the hospital is really bad (at least in regards to maternal care).
Cities in America have not been safe for decades. Be it piss poor medical care, bad cops, thugs, crime, broken down housing, etc. it is just not a good place to live for anyone. If you still live in a major city, get out before things get worse.