The issue focused on an underfunded program that provides medical care to rural residents in rural Georgia at a cost of $21.6 million over a five-year period. 
 
 * These residents are currently required to pay their state taxes on their income from these taxes which has led to some residents having to file for bankruptcy in order to pay their taxes. 
 
 * A plan was proposed in 2011 to address this issue by raising the income tax rate on people who make more than $200,000 per year in order to increase the amount of money they