The number of Tennessee residents without health insurance has dropped to just 9 percent, even though the state has rejected Medicaid expansion. Tennessee was near 15 percent amid the recession and prior to Obamacare’s implementation.
Haslam Wants to Offer Some Tennesseans Vouchers For Health Insurance. Here’s How:
We break down Insure Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to help 200,000 low-income Tennesseans get health insurance.
Nashville Public Schools To Follow City’s Lead On Recognizing Domestic Partnerships
If the Metro adopts an ordinance extending employee benefits to same-sex couples, the school district will do the same. Without this decision, teachers and other certificated staff wouldn’t have been included.
Kids Count: More kids in Tennessee poor, but insured
An annual report that ranks the well-being of children in each state places Tennessee 36th in the nation.

