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Medicaid expansion forum, part 2, is Tuesday

Posted at 3:11 pm November 15, 2021
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The second part of a forum about Medicaid expansion will be online at lunchtime Tuesday, featuring two legislators who have supported Medicaid expansion.

The legislators are Tennessee Senator Richard Briggs, a physician, and Representative Gloria Johnson, a retired educator.

The virtual forum is scheduled to start at noon Tuesday, November 16. You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting (learn more here).

Here is the Tuesday agenda:

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Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, Health, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Gloria Johnson, Judy Roitman, League of Women Voters, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Richard Briggs, Tennessee Health Care Campaign

Medicaid expansion to be discussed at Tuesday forum

Posted at 6:26 am November 1, 2021
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Medicaid expansion will be discussed during a virtual forum Tuesday. It’s the first of two community forums about expanding Medicaid in Tennessee.

The first forum is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 2. It will feature professionals discussing the need for expanding Medicaid, a press release said.

The second forum, scheduled for November 16, will feature legislators discussing ways to achieve this goal, the press release said.

“Failure to expand Medicaid in Tennessee is severely impacting the health and welfare of Tennesseans,” the press release said. It said there are more than 300,000 uninsured Tennesseans, and Tennessee is second in the number of hospital closures and leads the nation in terms of hospital closures per capita. Also, many of the uninsured are essential workers whose lack of insurance places them at increased risk just to care for their families, the press release said. And Tennessee is failing to accept $900 million in federal money that would cover the cost of expansion for more than six years, the release said.

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Filed Under: Community, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Health, Nonprofits, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Alisa LaPolt, Child Advocacy Center of Anderson County, Judy Roitman, Kathryn Crawford, League of Women Voters, Margaret Durgin, Medicaid expansion, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Neil McBride, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, Tennessee Justice Center

Health care to be discussed at Lunch with League on Tuesday

Posted at 8:36 pm December 4, 2017
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Walter Davis

Walter Davis

The speaker for Lunch with the League on Tuesday, December 5, will be Walter Davis, who will discuss health care issues, a press release said. The meeting will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, which is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Davis has served as executive director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign in Nashville for the past 4.5 years. He previously served as executive director for the National Organizers Alliance in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville (Kentucky Southern College) and served in Colombia in the Peace Corps. He was recognized in February 2017 as the Community Shares’ Danny Mayfield Champion of Change for life achievement in social justice, the press release said.

The mission of THCC, a 28-year-old advocate organization, is to work for affordable, accessible health care for all Tennesseans, the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Health Tagged With: health care, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, Walter Davis

Open house offers information on Affordable Care Act on Saturday

Posted at 4:50 pm November 15, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 21 Comments

ACA Volunteer Jim Nelson

Affordable Care Act Volunteer Jim Nelson is pictured above. (Submitted photo)

An open house to provide information about the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called “Obamacare,” will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Woodland.

Anyone who is interested in learning more about the new health care act is invited to attend this educational event, especially those who need to get health insurance in the new marketplace. Those attending will be able to access both printed information and computers to get online resources, a press release said.

Community volunteers, including some experienced with the Tennessee Health Care Coalition, will be present to make sure their neighbors have access to affordable, quality health care, and accurate information about the ACA, the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Health, Top Stories Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Carl Wheeler, Grace Lutheran church, health care, health insurance, Jim Nelson, KAPA, Knoxville Area Project Access, Mary Headrick, Obamacare, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, Tennessee Health Care Coalition

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