Lawmakers are working to crack down on adults who support minors seeking abortion or gender-affirming care at the same time that federal officials are considering additional protections for medical records.
Tennessee’s ban on abortion help for minors nears the finish line
It could soon be a crime to help Tennessee teenagers get an abortion. A bill passed out of the Senate and has one vote left in the House. Like many abortion policies, vague wording leaves a lot open to interpretation.
Seven Tennessee women were denied medically necessary abortions. They just had their first day in court.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, seven patients and two doctors are arguing that Tennesseans are being wrongfully denied medically needed abortions because state law vagueness leaves doctors in the lurch.
Cyberattacks are ramping up. Some Tennessee lawmakers want to make it harder to sue companies for data leaks.
About 20 Tennessee-based health care companies have reported data breaches in the past few years, and several of them have faced lawsuits afterward.
Early detection can save lives for breast and cervical cancer patients. Uninsured Tennesseans can get tested for free.
Metro Public Health’s governing board is expected to sign off on another year of state funding for breast and cervical cancer screening this week.
Tennessee nurse practitioner known as ‘Rock Doc’ gets 20 years for illegally prescribing opioids
A Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself the “Rock Doc” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing thousands of doses of opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl in return for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Medicaid offices — including TennCare — target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
Congressional scrutiny and recent investigations are raising questions about a practice that targets dead people’s homes to recoup health care costs.
How the anti-vaccine movement pits parental rights against public health
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of birth parents or legal guardians […]
Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
Her air-ambulance ride wasn’t covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739.
A frugal Tennessee resident opted out of Medicare Part B, which carries $175 monthly premiums. Now her heirs face a huge bill for an air-ambulance ride.
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