Post by pavel on Mar 17, 2016 19:02:22 GMT -6
One day after a House subcommittee sent an Insure Tennessee-related bill to summer study, House Democrats reaffirmed their plans to continue pushing similar legislation this year and take the issue to the campaign trail.
Flanked by several of his Democratic colleagues, Rep. John Ray Clemmons of Nashville said Thursday that a bill he is sponsoring will force lawmakers to continue discussing Gov. Bill Haslam's controversial Medicaid expansion plan.
"Republican leadership, especially the governor, has failed to show compassion for those who fall in the coverage gap in the state of Tennessee, and refused to push or promote Insure Tennessee," he said.
Clemmons said his bill, entitled the "Respect for Tennessee Taxpayers Act," seeks to get the state to accept "all federal funds available to provide the full extent of Medicaid eligibility expansion" allowed under the Affordable Care Act.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/17/democrats-vow-continue-pushing-insure-tennessee/81930388/
Flanked by several of his Democratic colleagues, Rep. John Ray Clemmons of Nashville said Thursday that a bill he is sponsoring will force lawmakers to continue discussing Gov. Bill Haslam's controversial Medicaid expansion plan.
"Republican leadership, especially the governor, has failed to show compassion for those who fall in the coverage gap in the state of Tennessee, and refused to push or promote Insure Tennessee," he said.
Clemmons said his bill, entitled the "Respect for Tennessee Taxpayers Act," seeks to get the state to accept "all federal funds available to provide the full extent of Medicaid eligibility expansion" allowed under the Affordable Care Act.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/17/democrats-vow-continue-pushing-insure-tennessee/81930388/