Perdue proposes deep healthcare cuts
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Posted: 5:44 PM Mar 11, 2010
Perdue proposes deep healthcare cuts
Gov. Sonny Perdue is proposing deep new cuts to the state's healthcare providers, slashing the amount they receive for treating Medicaid patients and removing a sales tax exemption for non-profit hospitals.
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March 11, 2010

ATLANTA -- Gov. Sonny Perdue is proposing deep new cuts to the state's healthcare providers, slashing the amount they receive for treating Medicaid patients and removing a sales tax exemption for non-profit hospitals.

Perdue also says the state's weeklong sales tax holiday in the fall would end. And Georgians will face a number of new fees, for things like court records, to help balance the state's books.

Facing 15 months of plummeting tax collections, Perdue on Thursday lowered the state's revenue estimate -- effectively giving state legislators $442 million less to spend for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

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