Tag: Bad Policy
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The Unbearable Partisanship of Expansion Denial
A couple of years ago, when I first published this image, I was lauded as a “chicken little” by some of my more conservative friends. They asserted that I was crying about the sky falling before a single drop had landed on my quickly balding head. With a little time for reflection I say, “How…
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What does Medicaid Expansion actually do?
One of the things I’ve seen over and over is a misunderstanding of what Medicaid expansion is, and in turn, how it would impact both people and providers, including hospitals, if enacted. To get there, we have to first understand what Tennessee’s system does now, how efficient it is, what changes would come under expansion,…