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Tony Garr
Executive Director
THCC
1103 Chapel Ave.
Nashville, TN 37206
615-227-7500
877-431-7083
F: 615-846-1946
tgarr@thcc2.org

Voices for Justice, Voices for Change...


Their story, yours and mine—it's what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them. --William Carlos Williams

Click on the names below to read stories from Tennesseans across the state.

Laura Adams
Carl Brazier
Amy Broyles
Joyce Hollins
Cancer-survivor and small business owner, Laura Adams, has pursued affordable coverage to no avail... Carl Brazier lost his job and his health insurance, can't afford COBRA... Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles struggled with getting health insurance for several years... 84-year-old Joyce Hollins struggles to care for her 64-year-old daughter, determined to keep her out of a nursing home...
David Hooker
Mark Jacobs
Nancy Patton
David Hooker, a father forced to retire so he can care for his son and keep him at home out of a nursing home... Small business owner, Mark Jacobs, struggles to keep group insurance for his employees... Cuts to in-home nursing services has put single mom Nancy Patton in a real bind.. Church worker, Larry Rupusky, cannot afford plans offered by the state or private insurers...
Darryl Salyer
Andrea Uselton
Wanda Wallace
Melanie Smith-Gill
Darryl Salyer, father of two sons with muscular dystrophy, wonders where are the home & community based services the governor publicly promised... Andrea Uselton finds "wrong doors" instead of "one door" to coverage for her kids... Wanda Wallace, LPN, speaks out against state policy that forces patients from their home and into nursing homes... Melanie Smith-Gill is about to lose Daniels-class TennCare coverage...
Paul Crum
Rev. Mary Phillips

Paul Crum runs a small business and simply wants the same affordable choices that Congress has.. Rev. Mary Phillips worked most of her life, until illness caused disability... Jerry Andreasson has worked most of his life, but is now homeless and without health coverage... Grace Bos can't understand why a young adult with disabilities isn't guaranteed coverage...
Earl Lewis is another victim of bad state policy... Linnea Johnson was biten by COBRA... Mark Epstein learned that cancer means losing your home and your car... Gary Wells hasn't the coverage to live his last days in dignity...
Charlene Harmon has seen friends die... Chris Link understands the challenges to small businesses... Bekah Long is a 23-year-old student... Pat Petty says trying to keep it together is tough
Libby Peters has little hope without national reform Leanne Lynch, wonders how this can happen in America... Ella Parham, a retired school teacher, has few options. Evonne Thompson is self-employed and cannot afford insurance
 
Don Reed former insurance broker is now uninsured... Gloria Brown is uninsured until see qualifies for Medicare... Chris Rose job lose led to medical debt... Your story...