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Feb 1 2020
07:26 am
The CMS Federal Medicaid block grant program focuses on non-disabled adults under the age of 65.
The Tennessee Medicaid block grant proposal "would cover core medical services for the disabled and blind, children, pregnant women, adults and elderly."
"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,..."
It just keeps getting better. Such a Trump state.
Shameful, Shameful, Shameful...
Will we ever be able to vote these people out? As has been the case for many years, Tennessee and Tennesseeans have been reliant on other states for survival.
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