Thu
Aug 12 2021
01:54 pm
By: bizgrrl
Previous commentary,
Tennessee Medicaid block grant proposal does not meet CMS Federal focus. "Tennessee designed its proposal to allow Tennessee to keep 50% of any unspent block grant funds." "In 2018, Tennessee came in $2 billion lower than projected. Under the block grant, Tennessee would have been able to pocket $1 billion,..."
This should not be approved or allowed. Our state government is irresponsible and cannot be trusted.
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