How expanding Medicaid would honor women's suffrage and benefit women Aug 22, 2020 | Michele Johnson | Tennessean "Three generations of women sacrificed to win the vote in order to achieve a better life for themselves and those they loved. They used the vote to win greater financial security for their families and
Expansion of TennCare Medicaid vital for cancer patients Aug 20, 2020 | Miranda Vilmerding Moore | Tennessean Miranda Vilmerding Moore is a breast cancer survivor from Murfreesboro. In this article, she details the hardships of fighting cancer as well as the financial burdens of high healthcare costs and advocates for Medicaid expansion. Read
Tennessee must ensure pandemic school lunch program reaches its less fortunate families July 13, 2020 | Signe Anderson | Tennessean "School meals enable children to be alert and learn, and they yield lifelong health benefits. Unfortunately, these important programs have become just one more casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. At a time of record unemployment, when families
What Gov. Bill Lee and legislature can do to help Tennessee's coronavirus response Mar. 17, 2020 | Keel Hunt, Columnist | Tennessean Advice from Italy Our state's inaction and preoccupation with legislative matters that won't save the lives of its people during this pandemic "More deeply, we are also seeing unfold
Why Tennessee Should Follow Kentucky's Lead and Expand Medicaid Mar. 17, 2020 | Michele Johnson | Tennessean "Today it’s hard to imagine that anyone can hide from the truth of Dr. King’s prophetic words, 'In a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied
