From health reporter Tom Wilemon: “The Daily Show” has been in town again, last week filming footage at Tennessee Justice Center for an upcoming political spoof, according to an email sent out by staff attorney Michele Johnson. Johnson didn’t give away much about the segment, but she did indicate that the topic was Tennessee’s dialing-for-healthcare [...]
Stephen Colbert took some shots at TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, in Monday night’s show. Colbert mocked Gov. Bill Haslam’s decision not to expand TennCare and then joked about the state’s telephone lottery system for those who want to enroll in the program. “I love this health care lottery,” Colbert quipped. “It finally adds some [...]
The Tennessee legislature doesn’t meet for nearly another month, but the first bill has already been filed – Senate Bill 1, which would bar the state from expanding Medicaid and take advantage of increased funding under health care reform. The bill number has only symbolic significance, but what it symbolizes is that some Republicans are [...]
He may have been speaking at an education panel, but Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander still managed to squeeze in a few jabs at President Barack Obama’s health-care reform law today. At an education event hosted by the Atlantic this morning, … Continue reading →