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Ron Ramsey skirts explanation of health care assessment vote
The Gaggle was in hot pursuit of Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey yesterday for his vote against the voluntary 3.5 percent assessment that hospitals have agreed to pay to stave off deep cuts to TennCare. The...
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Senior citizen group plans attacks on Roy Herron
The 60 Plus Association, a group for senior citizens that bills itself as the conservative alternative to the AARP (national spokesman: Pat Boone), says it’s planning to spend the strangely specific...
View ArticleHaslam asks for flexibility to make TennCare cuts
Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has signed a letter from Republican governors and governors-elect that asks federal officials for flexibility in managing their Medicaid programs, which in Tennessee is TennCare....
View ArticleAlexander blast Obama’s health-care law, but praises his parenting
He may have been speaking at an education panel, but Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander still managed to squeeze in a few jabs at President Barack Obama’s health-care reform law today. At an education...
View ArticleFirst bill in TN Senate would block Medicaid expansion
The Tennessee legislature doesn’t meet for nearly another month, but the first bill has already been filed – Senate Bill 1, which would bar the state from expanding Medicaid and take advantage of...
View ArticleColbert Report takes aim at TennCare
Stephen Colbert took some shots at TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, in Monday night’s show. Colbert mocked Gov. Bill Haslam’s decision not to expand TennCare and then joked about the state’s...
View Article‘The Daily Show’ takes up TennCare lottery
From health reporter Tom Wilemon: “The Daily Show” has been in town again, last week filming footage at Tennessee Justice Center for an upcoming political spoof, according to an email sent out by staff...
View Article“The Daily Show” on TennCare expansion and Standard Spend Down
“The Daily Show” aired its much-anticipated segment on TennCare expansion and the Standard Spend Down call-in program Wednesday night. Framing the program as a health care lottery, correspondent...
View ArticleDoes Haslam think cutting inheritance tax was right for Tennessee? You bet.
Gov. Bill Haslam says he has no second thoughts about the tax cuts he has pushed, even as he says that his next budget will be the hardest his administration has drafted yet. Haslam raised exemptions...
View ArticleBill Haslam spars with Democratic governor over UAW vote, minimum wage,...
Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam sparred with Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn over the weekend in an appearance on PBS Newshour. In a piece meant to explore whether governors have become more partisan, Haslam and Quinn...
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