The Jolt: Democrats blame GOP for Wellstar hospital closure. The healthcare system says expanding Medicaid “would not have changed this outcome” given mounting financial troubles for the Atlanta Medical Center #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: “It’s a choice to cost Atlanta 460 hospital beds in an overstretched, underfunded system,” said Abrams. “It’s a choice to reject money that we’ve all paid for with our federal taxes … It’s a choice to pretend there’s nothing to be done.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: If Georgia had fully expanded Medicaid, would this hospital have survived? “No,” was the answer we got from Wellstar. #gapol
>@RepNikema, who represents the Atlanta district where the hospital is closing: “Georgia, unfortunately, is still one of the 12 states in the country that has refused to expand Medicaid purely for political reasons. This decision lies squarely at the feet of Brian Kemp.” #gapol
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Seismic news for Atlanta’s fragile healthcare system.
Wellstar Health System is in talks about potentially closing Atlanta Medical Center, a 460-bed hospital in downtown Atlanta and a century-old anchor of the city’s health care. #gapol
Earlier this year it shuttered the emergency room and regular hospital beds at Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point. That was the only ER in Fulton County south of I-20. #gapolajc.com/news/coronavir…
>@staceyabrams responds: “Half measures are not going to cut it. Time to change Governors and fully expand Medicaid.” #gapol
More jolt: Questions over when and how they might campaign together were sent into overdrive Monday after a Warnock campaign event in Newnan, where the senator did not directly answer a query about whether he would campaign with Abrams. #gapol#gasenajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue still has more than $4.2M left over in his Senate campaign account. Among the places he can transfer his cash is to Gov. Kemp’s leadership committee … #gapol
Fulton County DA Fani Willis isn’t messing around. Her letter to Kemp’s lawyer, embedded in the today’s court filing over a pending subpoena of the governor:
“The email you have sent is offensive and beneath an officer of the court. You are both wrong and confused.” #gapol
“There is an old adage that people take kindness for weakness. You have taken my kindness for weakness and you have continually treated this investigation with disdain. Despite your disdain this investigation continues and will not be derailed by anyone’s antics …” #gapol
The Democratic duo is back on the campaign trail in Georgia #gapol#gasen
“Of course I'm always glad to be with my brother, Senator Jon @ossoff. Thank you for your partnership,” says Warnock about hitting the road with his fellow Democrat again. #gapol#gasen
This next stop should be interesting … “just a drizzle,” quips one optimistic Warnock aide amid the blinding rain. #gapol#gasen