Fri
Nov 15 2019
06:01 pm
REPORT: “TN officials failed to distribute $214 million+ in federal CHILD CARE FUNDS to low & middle-income TN parents since 2015.”
With $730M in TANF funds, that’s ~$1 BILLION this TN GOP supermajority has kept from our most vulnerable. @GovBillLee https://t.co/xrqxbX4zcB
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 15, 2019
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Raise your hand if you still think Medicaid block grants are a good idea.
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Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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Did this withholding of funds
Did this withholding of funds start with Haslam administration?
From what I understand,
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Yes.
It looks like the State of
It looks like the State of Tennessee is still not spending this money.
"The additional unspent $121 million annual allotment has resulted in almost $800 million in reserve funding that can only be utilized through the program."