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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Tennessee</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/topic/tennessee" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/topic/tennessee</id><updated>2011-01-02T18:01:21Z</updated><entry><title>Letters to the Editor: Overutilization of mid-levels won't benefit patients or PCPs</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/letters-editor-overutilization-midlevels-wont-benefit-patients-pcps-3576586a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T13:56:07Z</updated><author><name>Modern Medicine</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-11-02:/letters-editor-overutilization-midlevels-wont-benefit-patients-pcps-3576586a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Emergency Medicine"></category><category term="Family Medicine"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Kingsport"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category></entry><entry><title>Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot in health bill</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/cornhusker-kickback-boot-health-bill-878851a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-18T17:30:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-03-18:/cornhusker-kickback-boot-health-bill-878851a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Nebraska's Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health bill&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for &lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="North Dakota" href="/topic/North+Dakota" &gt;North Dakota&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in &lt;a title="Medicaid" href="/topic/Medicaid" &gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt; funds...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Consumer Credit and Debt"></category><category term="Student Loans"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Hurricane Katrina"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Nebraska"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Montana"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="South Dakota"></category><category term="Wyoming"></category><category term="North Dakota"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Delaware"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="Maine"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Bank of North Dakota"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Ben Nelson"></category><category term="David Axelrod"></category><category term="Robert Gibbs"></category><category term="Kent Conrad"></category><category term="Bart Gordon"></category><category term="York (Pennsylvania)"></category><category term="Max Baucus"></category><category term="Mary Landrieu"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Emily Phelps"></category></entry><entry><title>Why Tennessee Hospitals May Ask to Pay Higher Taxes</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/tennessee-hospitals-pay-higher-taxes-3086825a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-24T16:07:05Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-24:/tennessee-hospitals-pay-higher-taxes-3086825a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Health Care Services Sector"></category><category term="Hospitals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Bureau of TennCare"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Tennessee Hospital Association"></category></entry><entry><title>Senate roll vote on GOP effort to restore cuts</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/senate-roll-vote-gop-effort-restore-cuts-766147a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T08:39:36Z</updated><author><name>AP Features</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-04-16:/senate-roll-vote-gop-effort-restore-cuts-766147a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 57-41 roll call Friday by which the Senate turned back a Republican effort to restore $120 billion in cuts to &lt;a title="Medicare Advantage Plan" href="/topic/Medicare+Advantage+Plan" &gt;Medicare Advantage&lt;/a&gt;, the private insurance plans within &lt;a title="Medicare" href="/topic/Medicare" &gt;Medicare&lt;/a&gt; that provides seniors with better benefits than the traditional program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A "yes" vote is a vote to the .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Voting yes were 2 &lt;a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+De...</summary><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Alabama"></category><category term="Ohio"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Indiana"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Kansas"></category><category term="Michigan"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Nebraska"></category><category term="Wisconsin"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Alaska"></category><category term="Idaho"></category><category term="Montana"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="New Mexico"></category><category term="South Dakota"></category><category term="Wyoming"></category><category term="North Dakota"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="South Carolina"></category><category term="West Virginia"></category><category term="Rhode Island"></category><category term="Maine"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Medicare Advantage Plan"></category></entry><entry><title>Why Doesn't Bredesen Ever Talk About the Cost of Not Fixing Health Care?</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/doesnt-bredesen-talk-cost-fixing-health-care-3366004a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-26T23:24:28Z</updated><author><name>Nashville Scene</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-26:/doesnt-bredesen-talk-cost-fixing-health-care-3366004a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="China"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Phil Bredesen"></category><category term="Health Policy Center"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Insurance"></category><category term="Health Insurance"></category><category term="Health Care Reform"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Tennessee Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Hell Freezes Over... And the legislature decides to protect us from crazed gun nuts</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/hell-freezes-legislature-decides-protect-crazed-gun-nuts-3325359a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-26T20:57:54Z</updated><author><name>Nashville Scene</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-26:/hell-freezes-legislature-decides-protect-crazed-gun-nuts-3325359a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Mental Health"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Federal Bureau of Investigation"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Nancy Pelosi"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"></category><category term="The Washington Post Company"></category><category term="Jim Cooper"></category><category term="Employee Free Choice Act"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Roy Herron"></category><category term="Henry Fincher"></category><category term="Sean Braisted"></category><category term="Department of Hell Freezing Over"></category></entry><entry><title>HHS candidate best known for health care cuts</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/hhs-candidate-health-care-cuts-145238a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-13T13:59:35Z</updated><author><name>AP Features</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-13:/hhs-candidate-health-care-cuts-145238a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Few governors know the pitfalls of soaring health costs better than &lt;a title="Phil Bredesen" href="/topic/Phil+Bredesen" &gt;Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen&lt;/a&gt;, which helps explain why &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; is reportedly considering the Democrat for health secretary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2005, Bredesen cut 170,000 adults from &lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Medicaid" href="/topic/Medicaid" &gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt; progr...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Nashville"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Michael Leavitt"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Phil Bredesen"></category><category term="Kathleen Sebelius"></category><category term="Heritage Foundation"></category><category term="Bureau of TennCare"></category><category term="Dennis Smith"></category><category term="Erik Schelzig"></category><category term="HealthAmerica Corp."></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Insurance"></category><category term="Health Insurance"></category></entry><entry><title>AMERIGROUP Corporation, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/amerigroup-corporation-q3-2008-earnings-call-transcript-2253508a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-21T09:08:54Z</updated><author><name>SeekingAlpha</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-21:/amerigroup-corporation-q3-2008-earnings-call-transcript-2253508a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="SEC Filings"></category><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Economic Issues"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Economic Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Insurance Industry"></category><category term="Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Health and Medical Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Health Care Plans"></category><category term="Economic Crisis"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Ohio"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Georgia"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"></category><category term="Bank of America Corporation"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="U.S. Federal Reserve"></category><category term="Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. 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Inc."></category><category term="Amerigroup Corporation"></category><category term="Carl McDonald"></category><category term="Thomas Carroll"></category><category term="Brian Wright"></category><category term="Peter Costa"></category><category term="Matt Perry"></category><category term="Tom Carroll"></category><category term="Bill Marriott"></category><category term="John Rex"></category><category term="James Carlson"></category><category term="Doug Simpson"></category><category term="Ben Bernake"></category><category term="Scott Fidel"></category><category term="Jim Carlson"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Insurance"></category><category term="Health Insurance"></category><category term="South Florida"></category><category term="Medicare Advantage Plan"></category><category term="U.S. Dollar"></category><category term="Private Securities Litigation Reform Act"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category><category term="Joshua Raskin"></category><category term="Long-Term Care"></category><category term="Generally Accepted Accounting Principles"></category><category term="Josh Raskin"></category><category term="Greg Nersessian"></category><category term="FTN Midwest Securities Corp"></category><category term="James Truess"></category><category term="Richard Zoretic"></category></entry><entry><title>9 Republicans Changed to 'Yea' on Medicare Bill Vote</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/9-republicans-changed-yea-medicare-bill-vote-2938470a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T10:03:43Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-23:/9-republicans-changed-yea-medicare-bill-vote-2938470a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="John Warner"></category><category term="Virginia"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Georgia"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="American Medical Association"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="John Cornyn"></category><category term="Mel Martinez"></category><category term="Kay Bailey Hutchison"></category><category term="Arlen Specter"></category><category term="Johnny Isakson"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Saxby Chambliss"></category><category term="Lamar Alexander"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Medicare Advantage Plan"></category></entry><entry><title>9 Republicans Changed to &amp;#8216;Yea&amp;#8217; on Medicare Bill Vote</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/9-republicans-changed-238216yea238217-medicare-bill-vote-2938172a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T10:03:23Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-23:/9-republicans-changed-238216yea238217-medicare-bill-vote-2938172a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="John Warner"></category><category term="Virginia"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Georgia"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="American Medical Association"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="John Cornyn"></category><category term="Mel Martinez"></category><category term="Kay Bailey Hutchison"></category><category term="Arlen Specter"></category><category term="Johnny Isakson"></category><category term="Bob Corker"></category><category term="Saxby Chambliss"></category><category term="Lamar Alexander"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Medicare Advantage Plan"></category></entry><entry><title>Blue Jackets Predators Hockey</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/blue-jackets-predators-hockey-2405273p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-02T18:01:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2011-01-02:/photo/blue-jackets-predators-hockey-2405273p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Columbus Blue Jackets" href="/topic/Columbus+Blue+Jackets" &gt;Columbus Blue Jackets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Kristian Huselius" href="/topic/Kristian+Huselius" &gt;left wing Kristian Huselius&lt;/a&gt; (20), of &lt;a title="Sweden" href="/topic/Sweden" &gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;, closes in on &lt;a title="Nashville Predators" href="/topic/Nashville+Predators" &gt;Nashville Predators&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Shea Weber" href="/topic/Shea+Weber" &gt;defenseman Shea Weber&lt;/a&gt; (6) and goalie &lt;a title="Pekka Rinne" href="/topic/Pekka+Rinne" &gt;Pekka R...</summary><category term="Hockey"></category><category term="Professional Hockey"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Finland"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="National Hockey League"></category><category term="NHL Western Conference"></category><category term="Columbus Blue Jackets"></category><category term="Nashville Predators"></category><category term="Pekka Rinne"></category><category term="Kristian Huselius"></category><category term="Shea Weber"></category><category term="NHL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>ETSU Tennessee Basketball</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/etsu-tennessee-basketball-2401355p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-22T18:31:59Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-22:/photo/etsu-tennessee-basketball-2401355p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Meighan Simmons" href="/topic/Meighan+Simmons" &gt;Meighan Simmons&lt;/a&gt; (10) goes for a shot past &lt;a title="East Tennessee State University" href="/topic/East+Tennessee+State+University" &gt;East Tennessee State&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Tara Davis" href="/topic/Tara+Davis" &gt;Tara Davis&lt;/a&gt; (00) during the first half of an &lt;a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" &gt;NCAA&lt;/a&gt; coll...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="College Basketball"></category><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="National Collegiate Athletic Association"></category><category term="Knoxville"></category><category term="East Tennessee State University"></category><category term="Tara Davis"></category><category term="Meighan Simmons"></category></entry><entry><title>Stanford Tennessee Basketball</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/stanford-tennessee-basketball-2399986p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-19T19:01:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-19:/photo/stanford-tennessee-basketball-2399986p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Meighan Simmons" href="/topic/Meighan+Simmons" &gt;Meighan Simmons&lt;/a&gt; (10) drives against &lt;a title="Stanford University" href="/topic/Stanford+University" &gt;Stanford&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Toni Kokenis" href="/topic/Toni+Kokenis" &gt;Toni Kokenis&lt;/a&gt; during the first half of a &lt;a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" &gt;NCAA&lt;/a&gt; college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="College Basketball"></category><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Stanford University"></category><category term="National Collegiate Athletic Association"></category><category term="Knoxville"></category><category term="Meighan Simmons"></category><category term="Toni Kokenis"></category></entry><entry><title>Disastrous Year YE</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/disastrous-year-ye-2399727p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-19T08:31:32Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-19:/photo/disastrous-year-ye-2399727p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this May 5, 2010 file photo, downtown businesses are reflected in flood waters from the &lt;a title="Cumberland River" href="/topic/Cumberland+River" &gt;Cumberland River&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Nashville" href="/topic/Nashville" &gt;Nashville&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tenn.&lt;/a&gt; Flooding alone this year killed more than 6,300 people in 59 nations through September, according to the &lt;a title="World Health Organization" href="/topic/World+Health+Organization" &gt;World Health Organ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Floods"></category><category term="Accidents and Disasters"></category><category term="Natural Disasters"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Nashville"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="World Health Organization"></category><category term="Cumberland River"></category></entry><entry><title>People Garth Brooks</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/people-garth-brooks-2398746p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-17T03:31:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-17:/photo/people-garth-brooks-2398746p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, country music star &lt;a title="Garth Brooks" href="/topic/Garth+Brooks" &gt;Garth Brooks&lt;/a&gt; appears at a news conference in &lt;a title="Nashville" href="/topic/Nashville" &gt;Nashville&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Tennessee" href="/topic/Tennessee" &gt;Tenn.&lt;/a&gt;, to announce that he's coming out of retirement. A multigenerational crowd sang along with country music's biggest star as he kicked off the first of nine sold-out flood relief benefit concerts Thursday night Dec. 16, 2010...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Music Stars"></category><category term="Music"></category><category term="Country Music"></category><category term="Floods"></category><category term="Accidents and Disasters"></category><category term="Natural Disasters"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Nashville"></category><category term="Tennessee"></category><category term="Garth Brooks"></category><category term="Charitable Fundraising"></category><category term="Philanthropy"></category></entry></feed>
