So what could we have done the last year or so with $2.1 Billion of Medicaid for people in the state and also that much more money in circulation in the state?

from The Tennessean ...
Haslam says decision on Medicaid expansion close

Tennessee|Medicaid.gov

…a death panel (of one) to me.

Richard Locker reports - Vanderbilt Poll says Tennesseans favor expanding Medicaid

The poll found that 56 percent of Tennessee registered voters favor Medicaid expansion, a provision of the federal Affordable Care Act in which uninsured residents with incomes between 100 and 137 percent of federal poverty levels can get health insurance. States have the option to expand Medicaid and Haslam has been negotiating with the Obama administration on allowing Tennessee to use the federal money for Medicaid expansion on a more market-based alternative plan.

I heard on the radio this afternoon that Haslam plans to submit his plan for expanding Medicare to the Feds by the end of the year.

I hope something comes of it, although my expectations aren't high.

And this proposal: cutting out hospice care? Cutting funding for babies born with physical problems?

This is just not the kind of society I want to live in. It's just not.