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Health insurance initiative struck down in Tennessee

April 6, 2015April 5, 2015 S.Vagus

Insure Tennessee fails to win the approval of a Senate committee Insure Tennessee, an initiative that would have expanded access to health insurance in Tennessee, has failed to meet approval of a Senate committee for the second time. The initiative was meant to expand the state’s Medicaid program, which would have brought insurance coverage to some 280,000 people living in the state. Insure Tennessee was the endeavor of Governor Bill Haslam, who has been seeking to expand Medicaid in the state for some time. Initiative was unable to gain legislative…

Health insurance exchange in Tennessee could be blocked

March 4, 2015March 3, 2015 Julie Campbell

Senator Brian Kelsey has proposed a bill that would stop the state from being able to launch its own marketplace. Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), who played a central role in ending Governor Bill Haslam’s (R) Medicaid extension plan for 280,000 residents of the state within low incomes, is now setting his sights on 230,000 people who already have coverage under the federal health insurance exchange. The bill that Sen. Kelsey has proposed would block the state from forming its own online insurance marketplace. The state of Tennessee would not…

Lawmakers seek to address Tennessee’s health insurance program

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 Logan B.

Special legislative session focused on Insure Tennessee is underway Lawmakers in Tennessee have begun a special legislative session in order to determine the future of Insure Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid program. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam suggests that the current health care system is not working, which could be leaving many people without the medical care that they need. The Governor introduced a plan concerning the state’s health insurance program and the health care market as a whole before the beginning of the special legislative session. Governor seeks to reform Medicaid…

Health insurance exchange in Tennessee will not be state run

February 18, 2013April 30, 2013

Tennessee Health Insurance Exchange Deadline

The governor of the state has announced that the federal government will now be taking control. According to Tennessee Governor, Bill Haslam, and an announcement that he made on Friday, the state will not be participating in a partnership with the federal government in order to create its health insurance marketplace. This announcement was made following a submission of a letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary. The governor, a republican, submitted the letter to the secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, saying that the model…

Health insurance in Tennessee denies 1 in 4 applicants

February 1, 2013April 30, 2013

Insurers in the state are declining applications at a rate of 25 percent, according to recent data. Though there remains nearly a full year before the true health insurance impact of the healthcare reforms goes into effect, a coverage issue has developed in Tennessee, which is affecting one in every four applicants for coverage in the state. Within Tennessee, there is a rate of applications denied by insurers of 25 percent. Recent data from the coverage research firm Health Pocket, has identified this trend by health insurance companies to deny…

Health insurance exchange decision has yet to be made by Tennessee

November 15, 2012November 14, 2012 H. Cutner

The state is still debating whether or not it can implement its own online marketplace. Bill Haslam, the governor of Tennessee, has announced that the state’s leaders are still working on the decision as to whether or not they will be capable of creating and operating their own health insurance exchange, or whether they will need to hand that responsibility over to the federal government. The final decision regarding this requirement of the Affordable Care Act must be in by Friday. The healthcare reforms necessitate that every state has its…

Tennessee health insurance exchange still undecided

November 13, 2012November 12, 2012 Marc

Governor Haslam mulls fate of Tennessee health insurance exchange Tennessee is among several states in the U.S. that have been weighing options concerning the establishment of a health insurance exchange. Last month, legislative inaction threatened to derail the state’s ability to meet with federal guidelines. This inaction left the matter squarely in the hands of Governor Bill Haslam, whom is not a staunch supporter of the Affordable Care Act, but also not its largest critic. Governor Haslam has announced that the state could build its own health insurance exchange with…