Tennessee to Cut Health Program
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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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Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Monday that he will drop 323,000 adults from the state's expanded Medicaid program to save about &#36;1.7 billion a year, but will preserve health coverage for children.
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A U.S. health insurance giant on Wednesday presented a proposal to reduce the number of Americans without medical coverage and said it was intended as a blueprint for U.S. policymakers.
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Connecticut and Tennessee, the top two programs in women's college basketball, are ending their series, the schools announced yesterday.
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ALBANY, NY -- The multi-billion-dollar health care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned Thursday.
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Cardinal Health Inc. will cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, as part of a three-year restructuring plan outlined Monday by the Central Ohio health-care products and services provider.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen announced yesterday that the state plans to dissolve TennCare. Up to 430,000 people will be cut from the financially troubled supplemental Medicaid program barring a reprieve.
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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 - the state is expanding its
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AUSTIN Farmers Insurance today announced plans to cut its Texas homeowners insurance rates by five percent in a settlement with the state.
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The American Cancer Society said on Monday it was dropping its usual emphasis on stopping smoking and other prevention messages to focus on a need for U.S. healthcare reform.
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Advocates for the poor are criticizing Tennessee&#39;s plan to curtail its supplemental Medicaid program, including raising premiums and requiring doctors to use the cheapest alternatives for treatment.
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Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc. Monday set a three-year restructuring plan that involves cutting jobs, closing 25 facilities and buying back $500 million in stock.
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Cardinal Health, the drug wholesaler, said Monday it would cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 manufacturing and distribution locations as part of a plan to reduce costs.
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Two local healthcare companies this week alerted the government that they will soon eliminate a total of about 160 jobs.
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First Horizon National Corp , the largest bank in Tennessee, said on Wednesday that it plans to eliminate at least 1,500 jobs by the middle of next year as it slashes its mortgage sales force and closes branches.
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Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc.  CAH.N said on Monday it would cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of  its work force, and close 25 facilities around the world as  part of a plan to reduce costs.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - A federal judge has declared Tennessee's procedure to execute inmates by lethal injection puts them at risk of a painful death, and canceled next week's scheduled execution of a 52-year-old inmate.