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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Georgia House passes trauma care bill

Today the Georgia House passed legislation to help the state’s broke trauma care system. Today’s bill would create a trust fund for trauma care centers, and appoint a nine-member Georgia Care Trauma Network Commission to help coordinate, raise and distribute funds. But critics say the bill sets up the fund without putting money in it. People are 20% more likely of dying from a traumatic injury in Georgia than the national average.

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