Don’t Block Grant Medicaid!
The Tennessee Legislature has decided to push through an unprecedented change in the TennCare program by passing a block grant program, which:
Creates incentives to cut TennCare
Leaves money on the table that could be used to actually improve our healthcare system
Does not guarantee savings to the state budget
It is doing so with little debate and no chance to hear from the seniors and the disabled who are most at risk from these changes. Under the proposed changes, we would become the ONLY state in the country to receive our Medicaid funds through a “block grant” program.
Governor Lee is falsely claiming that such a program would “save” billions of dollars compared to the system currently in place. Future901 believes that such “savings” really mean that benefits going to seniors and the disabled would be cut and/or that reimbursements to healthcare providers would be reduced.
Governor Lee and the Tennessee Legislature, do not implement a program that is going to result in healthcare cuts during a pandemic!