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Tenncare Tensions


Tenncare Tensions
Governor Bredesen aims to save TennCare, but one of his fixes flies in
the face of a cherished national notion.
Sarah Harney
  |  
July 2004
He didn t have to do it. Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, armed with zeal to tame TennCare s costs, could simply have sent proposed reforms of his state s version of Medicaid directly to the federal government. Instead, he sent them first to his legislature for its endorsement.
It wasn t just a nicety. Federal approval of a Medicaid waiver is never a sure thing, and Bredesen wanted to strengthen the state s hand with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that has the ultimate say over TennCare. Delivering the proposal with bipartisan legislative support seemed like just the ticket particularly considering what s at stake. ....

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