Tennessee Conservative
Tennessee Projected Its TennCare Enrollment Numbers To Eventually Drop From A High Of Nearly 1.8 Million To 1.3 Million, But Those Numbers Have Yet To Show A Significant Drop Due To The Re-Start Of The Eligibility Determination Program In April.
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Empowered Jefferson Is Making An Urgent Petition To Tennessee Legislators To Reject Any Bill Or Amendment That Would Create A Waiver For Medicaid Funds To Be Used For Mental Health Services, Especially School-Based Mental Health Services And Gender Affirming Counseling.
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In The Upcoming Special Session, Governor Bill Lee Will Propose An Itemized Agenda That He Says Will Address The “Mental Health Crisis.” However, The Tennessee Government Does Not Have The Best Track Record In Making Decisions That Result In Positive Outcomes When Addressing Mental Health.
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Tennessee Saw 27,000 Lose Medicaid Coverage In May As The State Continues Its Process Of Redetermining TennCare Eligibility Following The End Of Federal Covid-19 Pandemic Rules.
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When A Special Session On Public Safety Begins Aug. 21, Gov. Bill Lee Will Call For Increased Spending To Help Grow And Retain Mental Health Professionals In The State Along With Requesting Matching Federal Funds For Medicaid To Cover Mental Health And Substance Use Disorders.
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Tennessee Saw More Than 31,000 Members Lose TennCare Coverage In The First Month Of Redetermination, According To A Recent Unwinding Report.
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Nearly 1.8 Million Tennesseans Were Enrolled In TennCare, The State’s Medicaid Program, In May According To Numbers Released Wednesday By The Department.
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Tennessee Taxpayers Could, Under A New Court Ruling, Be Liable For Years Of Back Payments To Emergency Room Doctors.
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On One Side, Republicans Sought To Enact Work Requirements For Able-Bodied Adults On Medicaid, The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program And The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families. On The Other Side, Democrats And President Joe Biden Adamantly Opposed Any And All Work Requirements For These Programs.
Eventually, The Sides Agreed To A Compromise, By Which Work Requirements Would Be Applied To Those On Snap Up To Age 54 Years Old. But, This Includes Many Loopholes. And, Due To Strong Democratic Opposition, Work Requirements Will Not Be Included For Medicaid Or Tanf.
It Should Be Noted That The Vast Majority Of Americans, 63 Percent To Be Exact, “Strongly Or Somewhat Support Requiring Medicaid Or SNAP Recipients To Show Proof Of Work To Receive Benefits.”
Given The Invaluable Role That Access To A Trusted Healthcare Provider Plays In So Many Lives, I’ve Been Deeply Disturbed To See The Network Cuts That Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee (BCBST), The Largest Health Insurance Provider In Our State, Has Been Making Across Tennessee.
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