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Committee rejects temporary TennCare expansion aimed at easing rural hospital strain
Summary
The House Insurance Committee on March 25 voted down House Bill 0018, a proposal to temporarily expand TennCare eligibility to 38% of the federal poverty level with time-limited benefits intended to reduce uncompensated care at rural hospitals. The measure failed 4-14.
The Tennessee House Insurance Committee on March 25 voted 4-14 to reject House Bill 0018, a proposal from Representative Shimon Baum to authorize a waiver allowing a temporary expansion of TennCare eligibility to 38% of the federal poverty level.
Baum, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure was designed to reduce uncompensated care that has contributed to rural hospital closures and would extend TennCare to an additional population on a temporary basis. “This is a bill that is designed to help rural hospitals really help all hospitals by increasing the number of patients that have insurance and they're for compensation for care,” Baum said.…
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