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National media outlets and journals: Tennessee's health care crisis

• June 20, 2006. National Public Radio: "Health cuts create dilemma for Tennessee's poor." By Julie Rovner
• June 19, 2006. National Public Radio: "Tennessee health-care cuts roil poor community." By Julie Rovner

Articles in Tennessee media outlets: TennCare troubles

• July 24, 2006. Eyewitness News Memphis: "Newborn Needs Surgery." Reported by Craig Bell
  Watch Craig Bell's TV newscast of Jason Buckner, a 3-month-old Memphis baby with a rare heart condition.
• July 25, 2006. Eyewitness News Memphis: "Newborn Gets Life-Saving Surgery Approved." Reported by Craig Bell
  Watch the newscast of the second installment of Jason Buckner's story.
• March 13, 2006. Metro Pulse, Knoxville’s weekly voice: “191,000.” By Leslie Wylie. ©2006
• December 30, 2005. "Guest Commentary: TennCare, too, is about ethics betrayed."
• January 13, 2005. Nashville Scene, editorial: “Cold Solutions.”
• January 28, 2005. Tennessee Register: “Patients' advocates, bishops urge Bredesen to reconsider cuts.”
• January 13, 2005. The Tennessean: “About children, she is loud and clear.”
• March 25, 2005. Tennessee Register: “Health care top issue for Catholic Day on the Hill.”
• April 22, 2005. Tennessee Register: “Safety net providers seek answers to TennCare cuts.”
• June 17, 2005. Tennessee Register: “Solutions to TennCare crisis creates new problems.”
• July 29, 2005. Tennessee Register: “Holy Name parishioner makes case for saving TennCare.”
• December 28, 2004. Oak Ridger: “No surprise that MCOs are key to TennCare issue. ”

Columns by Tim Chavez, The Tennessean

Articles reprinted with permission of Tim Chavez.

• May 11, 2005. The Tennessean: “Bredesen fails to put people first”
• July 15, 2005. The Tennessean: “TennCare cuts violate sense as well as morality”
• July 17, 2005. The Tennessean: “GOP has a chance to show mettle on TennCare”
• September 23, 2005. The Tennessean: “Some on the right don't get it on TennCare”
• September 25, 2005. The Tennessean: “How can this happen in a place of such wealth”
• October 9, 2005. The Tennessean: “Bredesen has some nerve to ask for patience”
• November 20, 2005. The Tennessean: “Pointing at savings doesn't tell the story”
• November 25, 2005. The Tennessean: “The faithful must not fix it, force state to do its job”