For press inquiries, please contact Mika Moser at 615.423.0501 or mmoser@tnjustice.org.

Press Releases

Emergency Food Assistance Now Available in 12 TN Counties

Policy Brief Reveals Gaping Deficiencies in Dental Access for Tennesseans

Pandemics, Prisons, and Policy: An Overview of Criminal Justice and Public Health in Tennessee

Press Release – The Tennessee Justice Center welcomes 10 new members to their Board of Directors

Press Release – Southerners Call on Senate and Biden Administration to Back Newly Unveiled U.S. House Coverage Gap Plan

Press Release – SNAP benefit set to increase providing more dollars for low-income families to spend on food when pandemic relief expires

Press Statement – Tennessee Medicaid Waiver Approval Lawsuit Put on Pause

Press Statement – Re: Firing of state immunization chief and abandonment of vaccination outreach to children

Press Statement – The Supreme Court Dismisses the Case to Strike Down the Affordable Care Act

Press Release – Complaint Filed to Stop Harmful Medicaid Block Grant

Press Release – TJC Responds to Lt. Gov. McNally’s Reconsideration of Medicaid Expansion

Press Release – Tennesseans ask Governor Lee to expedite P-EBT to families

Press Release – TJC’s Michele Johnson comments on President Biden’s health-related executive orders

Press Release – TJC’s Michele Johnson responds to TN General Assembly authorization of Medicaid block grant waiver

Press Release – TJC’s Michele Johnson responds to CMS’s approval of Tennessee’s Medicaid Block Grant

Press Release – Southerners to States: Expand Medicaid to Stop Deaths, Racial Health Disparities

Press Statement – Southerners in Eight States Unite to Fight for Medicaid Expansion

NEW TJC POLICY BRIEF – Rooted in Racism: An Analysis of Health Disparities in Tennessee

Press Statement – New board officers elected for TJC

Press Statement – Tennessee projected to lose 9,000 healthcare jobs

Press Statement – New report shows 122,000 Tennesseans have lost health coverage due to job loss

Press Statement – The Tennessee Justice Center welcomes Mika Moser as Chief Operating Officer

Press Statement – TJC’s Michele Johnson comments on new briefs filed in ACA Repeal Lawsuit

Press Statement – TJC’s Michele Johnson responds to roll back of rules that protect access to health care for LGBTQ+ patients and immigrants

Press Statement – Tennessee Justice Center Stands in Solidarity with People of Color Against Racial Injustice

Press Statement- Tennessee Justice Center Files Class Action Seeking Reinstatement of TennCare for Families Wrongfully Cut off by the State, Left Unprotected Against Pandemic.

Press Statement- Response to state seeking a Medicaid waiver for a safety net fund to pay providers for treating people without health insurance

Press Statement- Seven Tennessee organizations send TANF spending guiding principles to Governor and DHS Commissioner in wake of coronavirus pandemic

Press Statement- TJC responds to Supreme Court’s decision to hear ACA repeal case

Press Statement- Tennessee Justice Center responds to CMS’s block grant guidance

Press Statement- TJC Hails Litigation Protecting SNAP by Blocking the Administration’s Move to take SNAP Away from 700,000 Americans

Press Statement- Kinika Young responds to TennCare’s announcement of postpartum coverage expansion

Press Statement- Tennessee Justice Center responds to the release of Tennessee’s Medicaid block grant proposal

Press Statement – Federal appeals court striking down the Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate

SNAP final rule on time limit waivers to negatively impact access to food in Tennessee

Press Statement- Comment period for revised Medicaid block grant proposal open Nov. 27-Dec 27

Press Statement- Medicaid block grant proposal submitted to the federal government

Press Statement- CARE Plan released yesterday by members of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Press Release- Welcome Jim Barry to TJC Board of Directors

Press Statement- Census data showing 425,000 more uninsured children

Press Release- New TJC policy brief calls on state officials to reinstate children’s health coverage

Press Statement- Governor’s call for special session to deal with health crisis

Press Statement- Report: States that Have Not Expanded Medicaid Behind in Maternal and Child Health

Press Statement- Passage of SB1428/HB1280

Press Statement- Passage of SB1428

Press Statement- Passage of HB1280

Press Statement- Healthcare Modernization Task Force

The Tennessee Justice Center receives two $100,000 grants from the Tennessee Bar Foundation

Media Advisories

Press call- Tennessee’s Childhood Poverty Crisis and the State’s Use of Federal Funds

TJC SPEAKERS

To connect with the below team members for media and/or speaking engagements, contact us.

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Michele Johnson

Executive Director

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Kinika Young

Sr. Director of
Health Policy & Equity

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Signe Anderson

Director of Nutrition Advocacy

Law and Public
Policy Blog

TennCare & Cover Kids Update: Dental & Postpartum Extension

The Best Time to Improve Black Maternal Health is Before Pregnancy

Why Are There More People on TennCare?

Separate and Unequal: Policies to Promote Dental Care as Essential and Reduce Oral Health Disparities