Overview
- Tuesday’s Savannah stop kicked off Duncan’s statewide health care tour and his 2026 governor bid, with a pledge to take politics out of patient care.
- Duncan said he would increase the rural hospital tax credit from $100 million to $200 million, citing the program he helped enact in 2017.
- He also proposed expanding Medicaid and said he would consider tapping state reserves to support expansion in response to federal funding pressures.
- He cited recent reports of a Lavonia labor-and-delivery closure and a Claxton ICU shutdown, which he attributed to Medicaid cuts.
- Duncan warned Georgia could lose $3.7 billion if President Trump curtails Affordable Care Act funding, as local clinicians described transportation hurdles and restrictive practice rules and he promised more rural stops.