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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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Georgia House passes trauma care bill
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4/19/2007 02:09:00 PM
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