Tag: Gov. Bill Haslam
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The Steve Ross Show – Episode 2
Episode 2 of the Steve Ross Show is up and ready for your viewing pleasure. You can watch it below or by clicking here. This episode includes an interview with Rebecca Terrell, the Executive Director of Choices – The Memphis Center for Reproductive Health. Rebecca and I talk about the state of reproductive healthcare in…
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The Value of Work
Over the past several days I’ve been writing about Gov. Haslam’s decision on Medicaid expansion. While this has been going on, a bill, supported by the Governor, has been steamrolling its way through the state legislature. A bill that would further shift power away from workers and workplace protections by creating new hurdles for people…
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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,…
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Whose Rights Are Being Violated? #TNLeg #GunsInParkingLots
Being Lt. Gov. of Tennessee must be a pretty confusing gig. On the one hand, you’re the second in command, even though you have been elected by a tiny minority of Tennesseans, which would seem to call your “mandate” into question. But thanks to the easy compliance of a Governor who just won’t stand up…