TN House Dems: GOP Policies Causing TN Workers to be ‘Left Behind’ in...
Press release from the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus; November 22, 2013: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (11/22/13) – Figures released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Tennessee has one of the...
View ArticleTN Senate Dems Call Out Haslam for Not Expanding Medicaid With End of CoverTN
Press release from the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus; November 27, 2013: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today’s announcement that 15,400 Tennesseans will lose their health insurance follows three missed...
View ArticleTN House Dems Warn of “Fiscal, Moral Disaster” At Years End
Press release from the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus; December 3, 2013: 28 Days until Fiscal and Moral Disaster NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In 28 days, Tennessee’s Republican leadership is poised to make...
View ArticleTNHDC: Haslam Letter to HHS Latest ‘Farce’ in ‘Continued Obstruction’ to...
Press release from the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus; December 10, 2013: Haslam Letter to Sebelius a Farce The time to act is now on the Medicaid expansion. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Late yesterday,...
View ArticleTN House Dems: Haslam Hurting TN by Not Expanding Medicaid
Press release from the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus; July 2, 2014: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Wednesday, July 2, 2014) – A new report released by the White House Council of Economic Advisers titled “Missed...
View ArticleHaslam Optimistic New HHS Head Will Work With TN on Medicaid Expansion
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said he expects discussions about Medicaid expansion in the Volunteer State will come up this week at the National Governors Association meeting in Nashville. Sylvia Burwell,...
View ArticleHaslam: Medicaid Expansion Talks Didn’t Get Down-and-Dirty with New HHS Top
Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Haslam, said he had a “great conversation” with Sylvia Mathews Burwell when she was in Nashville a little over a week ago for the for the National Governors...
View ArticleTennCare Computer System’s Completion Date Still Unknown
Although he won’t speculate as to when the state’s new TennCare computer system will be completed, Darin Gordon, the program’s director, told members of the General Assembly he hopes a planned...
View ArticleJudge Orders TennCare Eligibility Hearings
A federal judge has ordered state TennCare managers to hold hearings for Tennesseans who, because of application processing delays, have spent months waiting to find out if they qualify for...
View ArticleFitzhugh Celebrates Fall with New Call for Medicaid Expansion
Press release from the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus; September 23, 2014: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 23, 2014) – House Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh is celebrating the beginning of fall as a...
View ArticleHouse Will Get First Crack at Haslam’s Medicaid Expansion Plan
It looks as if the Tennessee House of Representatives will take the lead on deliberations over Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to expand state Medicaid eligibility using federal Obamacare dollars. The...
View Article‘Insure TN’ Brouhaha Brewing Between House, Senate?
Disagreement appears to have developed between the Republican-dominated chambers of the General Assembly over how to handle Gov. Bill Haslam’s “Insure Tennessee” proposal scheduled for discussion in a...
View ArticleInsure TN Advocacy Group Kicks Off Ad, Direct Mail Campaign
Press release from the Coalition for a Healthy Tennessee; January 20, 2015: Radio, direct mail launch on 1/20/15 fuels statewide grassroots efforts NASHVILLE – The Coalition for a Healthy Tennessee...
View ArticleFGA: Legislators Who Support Insure TN Could Face Trouble in 2016
Press release from the Foundation for Government Accountability; January 20, 2015: Nearly 80% of Volunteer State Voters Upset by $716 B in Cuts to Services for Seniors and the Needy to Pay for Insure...
View ArticleBeacon Releases Anti-Insure TN Ad
Press release from the Beacon Center of Tennessee; January 27, 2015: The Beacon Center of Tennessee today launched a radio ad ahead of the legislative debate over a Medicaid expansion. Amid massive...
View ArticleKelsey Releases Open Letter from County GOP Chairmen Opposed to Insure TN
Press release from Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown; February, 2, 2015: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sen. Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) and Rep. Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) today will accept a letter from...
View ArticleHaslam Pitches Insure TN to Joint Session of General Assembly
Press release from the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam; February 2, 2015: Governor’s plan provides health care coverage to more Tennesseans at no cost to the state NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill...
View ArticleRamsey Announces Extraordinary Session Committee Memberships
Press release from Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville; February 2, 2015: Download (PDF, 37KB) The post Ramsey Announces Extraordinary Session Committee Memberships appeared first on TNReport.
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