Block Grant UpdatesTennessee Justice Center2020-11-10T16:02:35-05:00

Artboard 8@3x

More Stories

Medicaid expansion has never been about money

2021 In Charge – Health Care

Over one year into the pandemic, racial health disparities continue

BLOCK GRANT UPDATES

Trump signed off on last-minute Medicaid changes. Now Biden faces the legal challenges

Tennessee Justice Center, families file lawsuit over TennCare block grant

House joins Senate in passing Medicaid block grant

An 11th-Hour Approval for Major Changes to Medicaid in Tennessee

Tennessee is 1st to be approved for Medicaid block grant

CMS approves TennCare block grant waiver

Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee

With election in the balance, Tenn. lawmakers hopeful for block grant approval

Oklahoma Withdraws Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

Medicaid “Block Grant” Guidance Will Likely Encourage States to Undermine Coverage

Trump administration to offer states Medicaid block grant option

Trump administration finalizing Medicaid block grant plan targeting Obamacare

Public comments sought on revised Tennessee block grant plan

Legal group charges Tennessee block grant proposal vague, asks CMS to punt back to state

Amid 1,800 public comments, Lee TennCare waiver panned with just 9 supporting

Tennesseans Voice Opposition to Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

Last TennCare block grant hearing in Chattanooga draws 100 — including first speaker in support

State to hold meeting on proposed TennCare changes

Gauging Reactions

Under Pressure, TN Officials Hold Memphis Hearing on Medicaid Block Grant

Medicaid Block Grant: Tennessee residents weigh in on groundbreaking proposal

Critics sound off at Tennessee Medicaid block grant forum

Healthcare Advocates Say Lee’s Block Grant is No Good. They Want Him to Know It’s a Really Bad Idea

Tennessee Rolls Out Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

TENNESSEE UNVEILS FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND BLOCK GRANT PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAID

Outrage as Tennessee Moves Forward With Trump-Favored Proposal to Slash Medicaid

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee unveils controversial $7.9 billion TennCare Medicaid block grant plan [documents]

Tennessee First With Plan for Block Granting Medicaid Money

Tennessee announces block grant plan for Medicaid funding

Support, questions come as proposed TennCare changes released

In National First, Tennessee Proposes Medicaid Block Grant

Tennessee unveils TennCare block grant proposal, pushes savings split with federal government

As Tennessee pursues a Medicaid block grant, some hospitals are worried the plan could backfire

Tennessee becomes new front in fight to overhaul Medicaid

Inside Tennessee’s Final 1115 Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

TENNCARE CONTROVERSY: Families with disabled children, rare diseases worry proposal to fund program through federal block grant could affect coverage

Revised block grant plan may allow state to divert money to health programs beyond TennCare

As Tennessee prepares to submit Medicaid waiver today, feds pull proposed ‘block grant’ guidance

TennCare got 1,800 public comments on the block grant plan. Only 11 were supportive.

TennCare’s revised Medicaid block grant plan: The feds get it first, then the public

TennCare waiver debate’s first supporter emerges in a sea of opposition at final public hearing in Chattanooga

Dozens vocal during public hearing about proposed changes to how TennCare is funded and operated

Tennessee’s Medicaid block grant: 3 days, 3 public hearings, zero support

Tennessee Medicaid block grant push gets backlash at hearing

In second day of public hearings, no one speaks in favor of Tennessee’s Medicaid block grant plan

Residents, advocates raise concerns over Tennessee’s Medicaid block grant proposal in first public hearing

Medicaid block grant: TennCare wants to cover fewer drugs to get cheaper prices

Health care advocates: Disabled Tennesseans could have ‘target on their backs’ if Medicaid block grant approved

TennCare Block Grant Plan Is the Latest Scheme to Deny Health Care to the Poor

Tennessee’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Tennessee’s block grant Medicaid funding proposal would be first in nation

Tennessee becomes first state with a plan to turn Medicaid into a block grant

Exclusive first look at Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to seek block grants for TennCare