Conaway: In winning race to bottom today, Tennessee will lose tomorrow
“No state, not one, has ever rejected this federal education funding. No state. Not one.”
Topic: Medicaid
RSSThere are 10 article(s) tagged Medicaid:
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November 2023
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October 2023
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More than 100K lose TennCare coverage in first months of ‘unwinding’
TennCare says the majority who lost health coverage are eligible but fell through the cracks due to “procedural” reasons, such as failing to update their contact information after moving.
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July 2022
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Advocates push for expanded health care following abortion ruling
“Tennessee is not prepared to deal with the consequences of more unplanned pregnancies and births,” said state Sen. London Lamar.
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May 2022
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TennCare expands pregnancy and postpartum benefits
Pregnant and postpartum mothers will also have a comprehensive dental benefit as part of the new coverage.
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November 2021
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TennCare budget hearing fails to address $768M elephant in the room
TennCare could owe the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an audit. But at a budget hearing last week, neither Gov. Bill Lee nor any members of his panel asked about it.
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October 2021
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TennCare enrollment went up 15 months in a row
More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.
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April 2020
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Tennessee Medicaid funding request for COVID-19 patients likely to die
Tennessee’s request for Medicaid funding to treat COVID-19 patients appears to be on life support as the federal government looks to the CARES Act to distribute billions of crisis dollars to state governments.
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February 2020
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Conaway: The mean in Tennessee is mean
It’s just flat mean of the Tennessee Legislature to continue to deny even basic health insurance to some 300,000 working Tennesseans just to make a political point.
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January 2020
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Sanford: The year of the voter
Partisan anger for and against President Donald Trump will drive voters to the polls in high numbers. But other factors, such as health care, will play a role.
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September 2019
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Lee vows ‘significant’ funding increase, more services in TennCare block grant
Governor promises a better TennCare program will add services or people, but House Minority Leader Camper believes conventional Medicaid expansion is the right way to go.
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