Saturday, April 16, 2005
TennCare Patients, Now's a Good Time to Organize
Plante has it right. And let's see--do I understand this right?
We're giving Iraqis universal health care coverage (see Bush Gives Universal Health Care to All Iraqis), yet we're sending our soldiers and support troops to Iraq to accomplish this goal and sacrificing our own sick and dying to massive cuts in Tennessee (see TennCare Cuts Get Green Light).
A man without a vision, Bredesen blames "consent decrees" for lack of reform, and the Tennessee Justice Center now says it cannot fight the state any longer. Why? The federal courts have given Gov. Bredesen the green light. Bredesen says that on June 1, the state can begin its massive cuts of 323,000 TennCare enrollees. But why, if we are doing so much for others, can we not take care of ourselves? See Everybody in, Nobody out!
