Some Tennesseans are more likely to have health insurance than others. Here’s how uninsured rates in Tennessee counties vary after accounting for employment status and income.
Continue readingDigesting the Feds’ New Guidance & 1st Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements
On January 11, 2018, the federal government released new guidance for states considering a Medicaid work requirement. One day later, Kentucky became the first state to get federal approval.
Continue readingHealthy Debate 2018: Challenges on the Horizon
The opioid epidemic, recession readiness, and potential reforms and funding pressures from Congress that could affect the state budget.
Continue readingHealthy Debate 2018: Connections Between Tennessee’s Budget, Economy, and Health and Well-Being
Health, prosperity, public policy…all of these things are connected.
Continue readingHealthy Debate 2018: Health and Well-Being in Tennessee
To improve our state’s health outcomes, policymakers should understand the complex set of factors that influence them.
Continue readingHealthy Debate 2018: Understanding Tennessee’s Budget
The budget represents our policymakers’ goals, the public goods and services intended to help meet those goals, and detailed plans to finance them.
Continue readingHealthy Debate 2018: A Primer on Health & Budget Policy in Tennessee
A resource for any Tennessean who hopes to make or influence public policy in our state.
Continue readingHow Education Influences Health in Tennessee
Health and education are mutually influential. Both health and education policy may benefit from discussions that consider their close and complex connections.
Continue readingMedicaid Work Requirements in TN (3 of 3): Key Considerations for Policymakers
Defining the goals and details of a TennCare work requirement, seeking better data, investments in support services, and avoiding unintended consequences.
Continue readingMedicaid Work Requirements in TN (2 of 3): Lessons from TN’s Welfare-to-Work Experience
Those weighing the trade-offs of adding a work requirement to TennCare may look for insights in Tennesee’s experience with the welfare-to-work policies of Families First.
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