Tennessee May Expand Medicaid Program.

MEDICAID; HEALTH promotion; BREDESEN, Phil; HEALTH policy; MEDICAL care costs

The article reports that Tennessee may expand Medicaid program. Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is proposing to enroll more "medically needy" residents in the Medicaid program after cutting 1,91,000 Medicaid beneficiaries from the state's rolls last year. The plan would increase TennCare enrollment to several thousand needy adults with high medical bills. According to TennCare Director J.D. Hickey, the state health care program currently has 91,000 people enrolled, and the goal is to increase it to 100,000.