Georgia

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission is rushing to distribute $58 million in funding to trauma facilities and specialists before a July 1 deadline. The money is a one-time infusion and remains the sole state funding for trauma care. State legislators were unable to come to an agreement this year on a separate plan to provide $74 million annually for trauma care. Research shows that Georgia’s death rate for trauma victims is 20 percent higher than the national average.
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