THCC in the News

April 4, 2011 - Bill Would Exempt State from Health Reform; Pushback Grows
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Health care reform has changed the life of 23-year-old Tennessean Charles McFadden and his family. At 19, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Now, Charles can stay on his parents' health insurance plan until age 26 and then get his own health insurance, because of the provision that eliminates pre-existing conditions. Full story .......

March 26, 2011 - NewsChannel 5 (CBS affiliate) Some Celebrate; Others Criticize Year Old Health Care Reform: NASHVILLE, Tenn.- This week, is the one year mark of health care reform. The Tennessee Health Care Campaign put on a birthday party at Legislative Plaza to mark the event. The progressive group points out more than 5 million Tennesseans have already benefited from the Health Care Reform Act. more... PDF copy.

March 7, 2011 - Joint Press Release between the Tennessee Health Care Campaign and the Tennessee Justice Center onthe Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act: "Beth Uselton, Executive Director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, a non-partisan patient advocacy organization, says that this legislation is a distraction from the larger problems in our health care system. “This bill which seeks to reject aspects of the new health care law does nothing to help solve the problems it addresses. We still have hundreds of thousands of neighbors who lack affordable access to health care or have been denied coverage because of a pre-existing medical condition. more...

March 7, 2011 - Coverage and interview with Beth Uselton about the Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act by WSMV-TV, Channel 4, Nashville, TN. Link...

February 18, 2011 - Knoxville News Sentinel - TennCare offering coverage for few - People with high medical costs, low income eligible - This medical coverage is first-call, first-served - at least, for now. From 7-9:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, people with low income and high medical bills can call a toll-free number - 866-358-3230 - to request an application for what amounts to a year of TennCare insurance. The first 2,500 will get one.TennCare's "Standard Spend Down" program is intended only for people with a low income or certain people with high, unpaid medical bills: people at least 65 years old, or blind, or disabled, or who are the caretaker relative of a Medicaid-eligible child. more...

February 16, 2011 - Tennessean - Some 171 Tennesseans have enrolled in the federal high-risk pool created under health-care reform as a bridge to coverage for Americans denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions until state health insurance exchanges go into effect in 2014. more...

January 31, 2011 - Tennessee Report - THCC’s Statement on Florida Health Care Ruling by TN PRESS RELEASE CENTER
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Health Care Campaign’s Executive Director, Beth Uselton, states that U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling today in a lawsuit challenging the new health care law could have a devastating impact on the millions of Tennessee families who have new protections thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: - more...