“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
A feasibility study underway will help decide the new model for the facility. Randolph County lost its only hospital in 2020 after decades in operation.
Low reimbursements, high numbers of uninsured patients and staffing shortages are impacting rural hospitals nationwide. But in Randolph County, Ga., access to critical lifesaving care has all but disappeared.
After drawing the attention of the whole country, election officials in Randolph County decided Friday morning not to close polling places. The decision...
On this edition of Political Rewind, a guilty plea in New York, a conviction in Virginia and a sentencing in Augusta. How will Georgia representatives...
