Post by Logan on Jun 10, 2016 22:16:12 GMT -6
The state House’s task force on Insure Tennessee is nearing a June report to federal health regulators on its work. And a Tennessee Hospital Association advocacy group is ramping up its appeal for legislative passage of either the Medicaid expansion alternative or some similar program that might come out of the task force.
The group Tennesseans for a Responsible Future is on the road across the state this month against the backdrop of an election season in which many Republican contenders up and down ballots in different states are pledging to repeal the Affordable Care Act, especially if there is a Republican in the White House next year.
“We can’t guess as to what the political climate will look like several months from now especially in this political climate – as unpredictable as it has been lately,” said Adam Nickas of Tennesseans for a Responsible Future. “We know what the problem is. We know what the solution looks like.”
Nickas, a Republican political operative, is well-aware of the vocal opposition among the Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate that crushed Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal in the 2015 special session.
Read more: www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/jun/10/insure-tenn-advocates-on-road/
The group Tennesseans for a Responsible Future is on the road across the state this month against the backdrop of an election season in which many Republican contenders up and down ballots in different states are pledging to repeal the Affordable Care Act, especially if there is a Republican in the White House next year.
“We can’t guess as to what the political climate will look like several months from now especially in this political climate – as unpredictable as it has been lately,” said Adam Nickas of Tennesseans for a Responsible Future. “We know what the problem is. We know what the solution looks like.”
Nickas, a Republican political operative, is well-aware of the vocal opposition among the Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate that crushed Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal in the 2015 special session.
Read more: www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/jun/10/insure-tenn-advocates-on-road/