Biden to reopen public comment on TennCare block grant August 15, 2021 | Jonathan Mattise/AP | Chattanooga Times Free Press As part of an agreement reached in our lawsuit to stop the block grant, the Biden administration has agreed to reopen the comment period through September 9, 2021. Read original story.
Trump signed off on last-minute Medicaid changes. Now Biden faces the legal challenges May 7, 2021 | Phil McCausland | NBC News “What are we supposed to do? We do all that we can, but we don't have the means... We pay all we can, but what’s left is what the government funds
Tennessee Justice Center, families file lawsuit over TennCare block grant Apr 22, 2021 | Sam Stockard | Tennessee Lookout "Tennessee is the last state that should have an experimental waiver that puts vulnerable populations at risk. We stand with our clients and all Tennesseans against the further restriction of life-saving health care services
House joins Senate in passing Medicaid block grant Jan 15, 2021 | Sam Stockard | Tennessee Lookout Days after CMS approves Tennessee's block grant proposal, the Tennessee legislature voted to authorize the plan Read original story. More Stories
An 11th-Hour Approval for Major Changes to Medicaid in Tennessee Jan 8, 2021 | Margot Sanger-Katz | New York Times Just weeks before the Trump administration ends its term, Tennessee's Medicaid block grant proposal gets approved more than a year after its submission to CMS. Read original story.
