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Health insurance initiative struck down in Tennessee

S.Vagus
Tennessee Health Insurance

Insure Tennessee fails to win the approval of a Senate committee Insure Tennessee, an initiative that would have expanded access to health insurance in Tennessee, has failed to meet approval of a Senate committee for the second time. The initiative was meant to expand the state’s Medicaid program, which would have brought insurance coverage to some 280,000 people living in the state. Insure Tennessee was the endeavor of Governor Bill Haslam, who has been seeking to expand Medicaid in the state for some time. Initiative was unable to gain legislative…

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Lawmakers seek to address Tennessee’s health insurance program

Logan B.
Tennessee Health Insurance

Special legislative session focused on Insure Tennessee is underway Lawmakers in Tennessee have begun a special legislative session in order to determine the future of Insure Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid program. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam suggests that the current health care system is not working, which could be leaving many people without the medical care that they need. The Governor introduced a plan concerning the state’s health insurance program and the health care market as a whole before the beginning of the special legislative session. Governor seeks to reform Medicaid…

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