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It’s Women’s Health Week!
Doctors and Their Patients, Not Insurance Companies, Should Make Health Care Decisions Women’s Health Week evaluates the state of women’s health, which the Affordable Care Act improved. The ACA continues to help women by protecting the 35 percent of Tennessee women with pre-existing conditions, offering free wellness visits that focus on prevention to catch cancer…
Read MoreThis Year’s Excuse to Not Expand Medicaid: Block Grants
Block Grants Would Cut, Not Increase Medicaid Funding Sandra Rice, a retired nurse practitioner and volunteer in a rural free clinic, released the following statement in response to the State Senate passing Medicaid Block Grant Legislation (House Bill 1280 / Senate Bill 1428): “The Tennessee State Legislature still refuses to expand Medicaid, resulting in the…
Read More5 Things to Know About the Medicaid Block Grant Proposals
What Block Grants Are and What They Are Not Rep. Timothy Hill, R-Blountville, proposed block grant legislation (HB 1280) as an innovative way to cover more Tennesseans through the state’s Medicaid program TennCare. However, a block grant is not Medicaid expansion. As the Tennessee General Assembly considers House Bill 1280 to apply for a block grant, it’s important to know…
Read MoreGov. Bill Lee Misses the Mark on Mental Health
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Dr. Eric Harman, a family medicine doctor in Kingsport, issued the following state in response to Governor Bill Lee’s State of the State address: “Many who live with mental illness are born with a genetic predisposition and others due to life circumstances or traumatic experiences. While Governor Lee is right to call…
Read MoreDr. Harman: Let This Be The Last Hospital Closure
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Dr. Eric Harman, a family medicine physician at Mountain Region Family Medicine in Kingsport, issued the following statement after the announcement that Cumberland River Hospital will close on March 1, 2019. “Upon hearing the news of yet another hospital closure, it’s almost hard to know what to say because it’s been said…
Read MoreThose Who Know Health Care Best Say the Judge’s ACA Ruling is the Worst
“Misguided and Wrong”: Those Who Know Health Care the Best Say That the Judge’s Ruling on the Affordable Care Act is the Worst Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the entire Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional and should be struck down. This ruling would end protections for those with pre-existing conditions, re-implement an age tax, no…
Read MoreDr. Phelps on Texas Judge Striking Down ACA
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – In response to tonight’s ruling by a Texas judge that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is unconstitutional, Dr. Thomas Phelps, a family physician in Tullahoma, issued the following response: “What does Sen. Lamar Alexander have to say about this ruling? Despite voting to repeal and replace the ACA last year, he at one…
Read MoreRep. Blackburn’s Lies on Pre-Existing Conditions
Rep. Blackburn: The Lies She’s Told Marsha Blackburn Keeps the Lies Coming About Standing Up for Pre-Existing Conditions In the final sprint to Election Day, Marsha Blackburn has kept up the lies that she stood up to protect the 2,718,800 Tennesseans living with a pre-existing condition. Blackburn’s Lies: Blackburn: “Every Plan That I Have Voted…
Read MoreAs Two More Tennessee Hospitals Close, Blackburn Continues Health Care Repeal-and-Sabotage Campaign
Nashville, TN – Tennova Healthcare announced it plans to close two hospitals by the end of the year – one in North Knoxville, and one in Morristown. Meanwhile, Rep. Marsha Blackburn continues to help lead the charge in the GOP’s health care repeal and sabotage campaign, which has left hospitals less financially sustainable and made…
Read MoreREPORT: 15 Million Americans will Lose Coverage if ACA Lawsuit Succeeds
REPORT: 15 Million Americans will Lose Coverage if Slatery-Trump Lawsuit Succeeds Rep. Blackburn Refuses to Stand Up for Tennesseans with Pre-Existing Conditions Facing Spiked Premiums or Loss of Coverage Nashville, Tenn. – A new report released by Congressional Democrats details just how disastrous the Texas v. Azar lawsuit led by Attorney General Slatery and 19 other…
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