DALTON, Ga. — Some Georgia Republicans are getting behind Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene—who has been stirring criticism of Republicans in Congress. The fiery northwest Georgia Republican warns that Americans are about to see rising health care costs -- an issue raised by Democrats during the Congressional shutdown impasse.
With a sizable hospital complex near downtown Dalton, residents of Whitfield County have physical access to health care facilities. However, the cost is giving many of them pause.
"Medicine, pharmaceuticals and all – it’s all overpriced. And the people are the ones suffering for it," said Rusty Lavender of Dalton, outside a pharmacy across from Dalton's medical center.
"It’s a shame what our medical system has become. I feel like we’re all a number today," ad