Tenn. governor to end TennCare, revert to regular Medicaid ...
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A major bombshell Wednesday from Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. The Governor announced he&#39;s axing TennCare. Bredesen announced the state will dissolve TennCare and return to a traditional Medicaid program.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction &#151; the state is expanding its role and, with reliance on the private sector, aiming to provide affordable health insurance for all 138,000 residents now without it.
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Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday that Tennessee planned to dissolve its financially troubled program expanding Medicaid, a decision that would cut as many as 430,000 people from state health care rolls.
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The Bush administration's point   person for the giant Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Dr.   Mark McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on   Tuesday.
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Tennessee's health care plan for the state's most vulnerable residents, once hailed as an example for the nation, is on the ropes.
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Opponents criticize Huckabee for agreeing to reduce sentences for meth offenders ... Giuliani heading home Thursday after hospital checkup for flu-like symptoms ... Bush offers guidance to '08 candidates, says GOP will hold the White House.
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Kentucky hospitals say the state is short-changing them on a deal struck more than 10 years ago to tax their revenues to raise matching funds for the Medicaid program.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday that he plans to dissolve TennCare, cutting up to 430,000 people from the financially troubled expanded Medicaid program.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Governor Bredesen and the leading advocate for TennCare enrollees may have their differences, but they agree controlling the health care program&#39;s skyrocketing drug costs is key to saving it.
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Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Wednesday urged lawmakers to back her initiative to help the state's lower-income residents pay for their health insurance and reduce the number of uninsured.
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Governor M. Jodi Rell underwent surgery yesterday after breast cancer was discovered following a routine mammogram last week, the governor&#39;s office said.
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Tennessee plans to dissolve TennCare, a program that expands Medicaid coverage, a decision that would cut as many as 430,000 people from state health care rolls.
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Everyone knows that doing away with TennCare would be bad for our health. Governor Bredesen claims that we cannot afford to provide this health care.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Health care advocate Gordon Bonnyman received angry e-mails as word spread that Governor Bredesen was ending TennCare.
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By Murphy, Tom  Gateway Medical Resource Alliance, a niche health care benefits company, will shut down Aug. 30, more than 4 month after losing the lone Indianapolis hospital in its network.
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WASHINGTON - The nation&#39;s governors urged President Bush on Wednesday to spare states the costs of Medicaid in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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While all the details have yet to be worked out, Gov. Phil Bredesen says his plan is to set up a Medicaid program with specific limits on benefits, such as the number of adult hospital stays