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Opinion: American Rescue Plan will help so many Georgians

Northeast Georgia Medical Center RN Rachael Buys checks patient Chris Smith Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Each patient room in the hospital contains a dedicated computer loaded with new EPIC software which streamlines patient data so that their medical information can be view-able to all the care givers who use that system. - photo by Scott Rogers

03252018 HEALTH 5.jpg — Northeast Georgia Medical Center RN Rachael Buys checks patient Chris Smith Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Each patient room in the hospital contains a dedicated computer loaded with new EPIC software which streamlines patient data so that their medical information can be view-able to all the care givers who use that system. - photo by Scott Rogers

The American Rescue Plan was signed into law on Friday, March 11. It is the most significant bill since Lyndon B. Johnson passed the bill to begin Medicare, which brought millions of seniors out of poverty.