If Congress’ health care bill stalls, Tennessee has several options options that might help reduce premium growth and stabilize the individual market.
Continue readingHow Changes to Essential Health Benefits Could Affect Tennessee
The U.S. House and Senate’s health care bills both loosen rules for essential health benefits (EHB), but in different ways and with different trade-offs.
Continue readingHow Childhood Experiences Affect Lifelong Health
The science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) indicates that early childhood and adolescence are critical times for human brain development.
Continue readingComparing TennCare Spending Growth to the Caps Proposed by Congress
TennCare per enrollee spending has usually grown faster than general inflation, closer to medical inflation & slower than medical inflation +1% since 2006.
Continue readingThe American Health Care Act: Rural Health & Tennesseans with Disabilities
The AHCA’s key trade-offs could have a significant impact on 1.5 million rural Tennesseans and 150,000 Tennesseans with disabilities covered by TennCare.
Continue readingUnderstanding Medicaid and TennCare
TennCare is the name for Medicaid in Tennessee. TennCare is the state budget’s largest department, but the federal government pays two-thirds of the cost.
Continue readingFederal Funding in Tennessee and the Strings Attached
Federal funding in Tennessee accounts for nearly 40% of the state budget. Most of that money comes with some big restrictions on how we can spend it.
Continue readingTwo Ways to Approach the Complex Relationship Between Public Health and Public Policy
There’s a complicated relationship between public health and public policy, which makes the challenging task of developing effective policy even harder.
Continue readingHow the U.S. House Health Bill Affects Tennessee
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) could affect coverage for 1 in 3 Tennesseans and give state lawmakers more control over health insurance.
Continue reading5 Ways Public Policy Impacts Health
A wide range of public policy issues — even some not usually associated with health — can influence the health and well-being of Tennesseans.
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