Failure to expand Medicaid has resulted in nine rural hospitals shutting down across Georgia as costs have skyrocketed
In a shocking interview moment with WRBL’s Chuck Williams on Sunday, Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson said that he doesn’t “think the consequences” of failing to expand Medicaid “are as bad as anybody else thinks” – even as he has made billions off our broken, non-Medicaid expansion healthcare system.
Jackson has made clear since the beginning of his campaign that he strongly opposes Medicaid expansion, even as nine rural hospitals have shut down across our state and Georgians have struggled with higher costs and depleted healthcare access as a result.
WATCH THIS EYEBROW-RAISING INTERVIEW MOMENT:
This eyebrow-raising interview moment comes as Rick Jackson faces intense questions and scrutiny for his role in profiting off our broken healthcare system – including by charging a failing hospital in Montgomery a predatory interest rate that puts him first in line to be repaid. These investigations reveal just how much Jackson has benefited from failure to expand Medicaid, a position that he has made clear from the very beginning of his campaign for governor.
“Rick Jackson just looked Georgians straight in the face and told us that the higher health care costs and hospital closures crushing Georgia families aren’t really that big of a problem,” said Democratic Party of Georgia spokesperson Jake Strickland. “This is coming from a man who opposes Medicaid expansion while making billions off taxpayer-funded contracts in our broken healthcare system. Billionaire Rick Jackson is so out of touch after his years rigging the system that he doesn’t even care about the cost crisis and hospital closures affecting Georgia communities.”
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