Tennessee - How to Pay for Health Care

In the May 21, 2010, issue, you asked for opinions (" But currently, midlevels are frequently being used as primary care "providers," with all of the same privileges normally given solely to physicians, including consultation performance and diagnostic decision-making. Many subspecialty physicians ...

Nebraska's Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health billBye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota.Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million ...

Like plenty of other states, Tennessee is strapped for cash and looking for ways to save money. Cuts are likely for TennCare, the state's Medicaid managed care program.. In the case of Tennessee, proposed cuts would save the state $380 million but ...

The 57-41 roll call Friday by which the Senate turned back a Republican effort to restore $120 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage, the private insurance plans within Medicare that provides seniors with better benefits than the traditional program.A " ; Webb, ...

Gov. Phil Bredesen is back in the headlines today denouncing health care reform as too costly for the states. ) Anyway, Pith is wondering why Bredesen, the former HMO executive, never mentions the cost of failing to fix health care? According to ...

Crazy as it may sound, even mentally ill people who have been involuntarily committed to institutions as a danger to themselves or others can go to a gun store on the day of their release, pass the background check and walk out ...

Few governors know the pitfalls of soaring health costs better than Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, which helps explain why President Barack Obama is reportedly considering the Democrat for health secretary.In 2005, Bredesen cut 170,000 adults from Tennessee's Medicaid program, called TennCare. They ...

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After the Senate narrowly failed to block Medicare's pay cuts to doctors a couple weeks ago, Republicans who voted against the measure were hit by a barrage of criticism from the American Medical Association and its allies. Yesterday, when the Senate gave ...

Topic: Tennessee

Letters to the Editor: Overutilization of mid-levels won't benefit patients or PCPs

Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot in health bill

Why Tennessee Hospitals May Ask to Pay Higher Taxes

Senate roll vote on GOP effort to restore cuts

Why Doesn't Bredesen Ever Talk About the Cost of Not Fixing Health Care?

Hell Freezes Over... And the legislature decides to protect us from crazed gun nuts

HHS candidate best known for health care cuts

AMERIGROUP Corporation, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

9 Republicans Changed to 'Yea' on Medicare Bill Vote

9 Republicans Changed to ‘Yea’ on Medicare Bill Vote

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