State officials are discussing a one-time aid package of nearly $200 million for Grady Health System, made up of federal relief dollars and tens of millions lined up through private philanthropies, according to three officials with knowledge of the talks, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Gov. Brian Kemp, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, DeKalb chief executive Michael Thurmond and Fulton County Commission chair Rob Pitts met Monday to discuss the rescue package weeks after the unexpected announcement from Wellstar Health System that it will shutter Atlanta Medical Center in November.
The final dollars are in flux, but it’s expected to include more than $100 million from money that Georgia was allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal coronavirus relief package. As the governor, Kemp has the unilateral authority to do with those funds as he pleases. Read more.
