Tennessee could avoid 220 deaths per year if lawmakers would expand TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program.
That’s according to a new study issued Thursday from the White House that says expanding the program would help low-income citizens by offering more access to insurance coverage, more access to care, improving health outcomes, and improving financial security.
Expanding the program would inject $1.77 billion into the state’s economy through federal funding in the next fiscal year, the report said.…
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