Comments from Richard Besser, MD, on Tennessee’s Proposal to Amend TennCare II
Comments submitted by Richard Besser, MD, on Tennessee’s proposal to amend TennCare II, the state’s ongoing Medicaid 1115 demonstration (Project No. 11-W-00151/4).
Related Articles
Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported
“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients ‘simply choose not to work’ and ‘spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.’” Scott Jennings on “CNN…
2 States Are Expanding Medicaid amid COVID-19 Surge
As of June 2020, 14 U.S. states continued to reject Medicaid expansion, leaving many without an affordable healthcare coverage option. Then COVID-19 hit. It’s hit low-income, uninsured families the hardest, particularly Latinos. In response to surging coronavirus cases, Oklahoma (11.1% Latino), the state with the second-highest uninsured rates in the nation, voted to expand Medicaid …
The post 2 States Are Expanding Medicaid amid COVID-19 Surge appeared first on Salud America.
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got…
Checking the Facts on Medicaid Use by Latinos
Spending cuts, immigration, and Medicaid are at the top of the Washington agenda. That climate provides fertile ground for misinformation and myths to multiply on…
Bill That Congressman Says Protects Medicaid Doesn’t — And Would Likely Require Cutting It
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.” Rep. Nick LaLota…