Tennessee Senator Bob Corker sees at least one good outcome from the Affordable Care Act. He says employers should be able to stop providing health insurance to workers.
Impending Insurance Mandate Drives More Than Expected To TennCare
People are flooding the state’s Medicaid program – known as TennCare. They’re trying to get coverage to avoid a penalty under the Affordable Care Act. State officials were expecting people who were already eligible for government-funded health care to sign up – just not this many.
For Its Size, Tennessee Obamacare Enrollment Stands Out
Roughly 18,000 Tennesseans signed up for plans on the new health insurance exchange in February. That’s a drop from the prior month – reflecting a national trend – even as the enrollment deadline is just a few weeks out.
Tennessee Governor Still Wants Option To Expand Medicaid
Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature are both trying to force Governor Bill Haslam off the fence. After more than a year of mulling it over, the governor says he still wants the option to expand the state’s Medicaid program.
Dwindling Tenn. Democrats To Keep Pushing For Medicaid Expansion
The minority party is sticking with the same legislative priority after failing to make headway last year.
Obamacare May Usher More Patients Into TennCare Than First Thought
As a result of Obamacare’s online insurance marketplace, more than 9,000 Tennesseans have been *redirected to the state’s Medicaid program known as TennCare. The agency expected a surge of signups, but it didn’t anticipate quite this many.
Obamacare Reversal Lets Blue Cross Decide Whether 66K Policies Continue
It will be left to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee to decide on extending 66,000 policies that were set to expire.
Former TN Gov: More Manpower Won’t Solve Botched Obamacare Site
Tennessee’s former governor is dubious that simply adding manpower will fix the glitchy Obamacare website.
Obamacare Needs These Healthy Nashvillians, But Do They Need Health Insurance?
Obamacare recruiters are on a kind of scavenger hunt in Tennessee. They desperately need young healthy people to sign up for insurance to balance out all the older, sicker people who are more eager to enroll. They’re difficult to find, in some instances, and perhaps even harder to convince they need insurance.
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