The minority party is sticking with the same legislative priority after failing to make headway last year.
Dear Secretary Sebelius: Gov. Haslam Pens Long-Awaited Letter On Medicaid Expansion
After nearly a year of discussion, Tennessee’s governor is finally writing down what he wants a state’s Medicaid expansion to look like. Governor Bill Haslam says he’s sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday.
TN Pastors Try Guilting Haslam Into Expanding Medicaid
During a week in which Governor Bill Haslam has been in Washington negotiating a Medicaid expansion for Tennessee, a group of Christian churches is – again – pressuring him to find a way.
Haslam Heads To Washington With Health Of Hospitals On His Mind
Job cuts and construction delays at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are weighing on Governor Bill Haslam. On Friday, he travels to Washington D.C. in hopes of hammering out a compromise on expanding the state’s Medicaid program – a move that has been characterized as vital to the health of Tennessee hospitals.
Haslam Sees Medicaid Expansion As Component Of Healthier Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has been hounded for spending a week promoting a $6 million health and wellness initiative, even while rejecting more than a billion dollars to expand the state’s health insurance program for the poor.
How The Lack Of TennCare Expansion Hits Rural Hospitals, Working Poor
An expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is supposed to cover more of the working poor and balance out cuts that were made to already-struggling hospitals. But Republican-led states like Tennessee have been opting out or at least holding out, and outlying areas may be the hardest hit.
Clergy to Legislature: WWJD on Medicaid Expansion?
Would Jesus expand Tennessee’s Medicaid program? That’s the question a left-leaning clergy group is asking the General Assembly, and they believe the answer is yes.
Haslam Changing Tune on Expanding Medicaid
Governor Bill Haslam is saying there’s still a chance to expand TennCare and cover more of the state’s uninsured. He is in “active conversations” with federal officials.
Haslam Refuses Yes or No on Medicaid Expansion
Governor Bill Haslam may have muddied the waters more than anything else with his much-anticipated decision on whether to expand the state’s Medicaid program. He said neither “yes” nor “no,” calling instead for a “third way.”
Expansion Week for Haslam
Governor Bill Haslam continues to stall his decision on enlarging Tennessee’s Medicaid program – known as TennCare. Though, he says he will reveal his position one way or the other this week.
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