New Report – Defined by Health Care: Election 2018

NEW REPORT – Defined by Health Care: Election 2018 New Report from Protect Our Care Finds that Health Care is the Most Important Issue for Voters in the 2018 Election Cycle   Nashville, TN – In a new report released today, Protect Our Care analyzes polling, public data, advertising spending, candidate statements and more to…

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Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidates Address Tennessee Veteran and Terminal Cancer Patient, Kelly Gregory, During Debate

This is Her Response NASHVILLE, Tenn. – During tonight’s Tennessee Gubernatorial debate, the moderator asked each candidate what they would say to Kelly Gregory, a terminal cancer patient and U.S. Army veteran calling for Medicaid expansion. Gregory issued the following statement in response to their answers: “I pray to be the last person to die…

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It’s Time to Come Clean: Blackburn Lies About Her Record On Pre-Existing Conditions During Senate Debate

It’s Time to Come Clean: Blackburn Lies About Her Record On Pre-Existing Conditions During Senate Debate   (Tullahoma, TN) – In response to last night’s Senate debate between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen, Protect My Care issued the following statement from Dr. Thomas Phelps, a family medicine doctor in Tullahoma: “Representative Marsha Blackburn wants to…

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Nashville Patients and Providers Call Out Rep. Blackburn’s Health Care Record

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2018 Contact: Sloan Toler / 601.497.7360 / sloan@forwardtn.org   Nashville Patients and Providers Call Out Rep. Blackburn’s Health Care Record Blackburn’s Vote History Contradicts Claims She Supports Pre-Existing Condition Protections   Nashville, TN – Earlier today, patients and providers hosted a press conference in front of Nashville General Hospital to reaffirm their support…

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Who is Protecting the 2.7 Million Tennesseans Living with Pre-Existing Conditions?

Who is Protecting the 2.7 Million Tennesseans Living with Pre-Existing Conditions? Corker, Alexander Wrong on Baldwin Resolution Blackburn Still Refusing to Sign Onto Rosen Resolution   Nashville, Tenn. – Yesterday, Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted against Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)’s discharge petition to force a vote on her resolution to block insurers from selling…

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Short-Term “Junk Plans” Are a Threat to Millions

“A Threat to Many Millions” Those Who Know Best Say Trump’s Junk Plans are the Worst   On the eve of Senate Democrats beginning work to force a vote to overturn Trump’s junk plans expansion, America’s leading health care providers and advocates filed amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs who sued last month to…

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Bipartisan Support Needed to Stop Junk Plans and Pre-Existing Condition Protections

Protect Our Care Calls on Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander to Support Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Senate Resolution to Protect People with Pre-Existing Conditions Resolution’s Passage Would Stop Junk Plans and Protect Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions   Washington, D.C. – A resolution to block insurers from selling the Trump Administration’s short-term, junk insurance plans, introduced…

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New Poll: 71% of Tennessee Voters Say that Health Care is a Top Issue

(Nashville, Tennessee) – Public Policy Polling put out a new survey today breaking down just how important health care is to Tennesseans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The survey found that 71% of Tennessee voters consider health care a top voting issue – with 31% saying that health care is the most important issue…

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