Press ResourcesTennessee Justice Center2022-09-16T09:29:09-05:00

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For press inquiries, please contact D’Anelle Desire at 615.846.4704 or ddesire@tnjustice.org

Press Releases

Press Release – Voting is Good for Your Health: How Health Equity Depends on What Happens at the Ballot Box

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- 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

Supporting PCEs Through Health Coverage

Enhancing TennCare Coverage of School-Based Services

Narrowing Oral Health Disparities in Tennessee

Voting is Good for Your Health: How Health Equity Depends on What Happens at the Ballot Box