Clinton predicts U.S. will offer a program similar to TennCare

The Tennessean | 12/26/04 | JACQUE HILLMAN

[Brian Mosely]

Former President Bill Clinton said that the state's TennCare program may not be around much longer, but predicts that one day there will be a national program similar to it.

[Brian Mosely]

Can't post stuff from Pravda on the Cumberland. Story can be read here

[Brian Mosely]

http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_storyV2.mv+link=200412266790764

Clinton, always a believer in the TennCare plan, said, ''What happened to TennCare is a classic example of expecting one state to go out alone to try to handle health care. Ned Ray did this at a time when we were making real efforts to control the costs of health care. But the economy grew faster. No state can handle this alone, having an unprecedented number of people dropped into the system.''

Clinton said that whether TennCare is modified or dropped, ''Ultimately, I believe the nation will have a medical coverage plan that will look like TennCare. Ned Ray blazed a trail there.''

[Thermalseeker]

Clinton predicts U.S. will offer a program similar to TennCare

As a resident of the great state of Tennessee I can only hope that 'ole Slick Willy is wrong.........

[Brilliant]

I thought it was a consensus that TennCare is a disaster. I guess Clinton hasn't heard.

[socialismisinsidious]

''What happened to TennCare is a classic example of expecting one state to go out alone to try to handle health care,'' Clinton said,



Wrong! what happened to TennCare is a classic example of socialized medicine. nice try slick willy.

[G.Mason]

"Former President Bill Clinton said that the state's TennCare program may not be around much longer ... "

One,at least this one, can only hope that Former President Bill Clinton won't be around much longer. (I am referring to being around in the media)

[PPHSFL]

Wasn't the Democratic governor of TN going to dump TennCare because it was such a fiasco?

[Brian Mosely]

Yep. Still on hold.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Kintoon needs to shut his bi-commie mouth. Whether the (POS) realizes it, or not he is irrevelant. I have to presume that (MF0 thinks most sane people give a damn what he thinks or says. The POS was impeached and no longer viable, actually since conception that was the true case. NSNR

[Brian Mosely]

State targets potential fraud in TennCare
By Ashley M. Heher Staff Writer

TennCare officials are receiving thousands of responses to the 12,500 letters mailed to enrollees warning them that records show possible fraud against the program.
"We’ve had quite a bit of response," said Deborah Faulkner, TennCare’s inspector general. "We’ve had phone calls, faxes, and the mail has been quite busy."
Three months ago, the state kicked off its first massive antifraud campaign in the $8.7 billion program, which provides health care to 1.3 million Tennesseans. State officials sent letters first to enrollees who appeared to have earned too much money to qualify for coverage in the state health insurance program. Two weeks ago letters went to 9,300 enrollees with "questionable" prescription drug usage.
State officials said their records show some enrollees filled as many as 227 separate prescriptions in a three-month period.

[doberville]

Yes. MANY of us here at FR hope that FORMER Pres. Clinton won't be around much longer.

In the media, of course. :>)

[sgtbono2002]

Being from Maryland, I dont know anything about Tenncare except what I read here, but obviously it is in trouble.

Clinton is probably right one day we will have something similar to Tenncare-- a broke busted , unfixable health care system. At least thats what the Dems want to give us.

What makes Clinton think that if a State cant afford it the Federal Government can?

[alrea]

Trial ballons flying everywhere; if only we could make TinCare a worldwide UN sponsored program no telling how cheap we could make healthcare.

[G.Mason]

of course. :>)

[wolfpat]

You better start making your doctor appointments now for ten years from now.

[concerned about politics]

There was no health care crises until Hillary decided she wanted government to take over our national health care. We can't have a Socialist/Communist society with people being responsible for themselves, you know.
The left wing trial lawyers were sent out to do their dirty deeds, and the crises was created.
Tort reform could easily lower the cost of health care, and chase away the litigating minions.
There's no reason for the government to get involved in medicine.
The poor have Medicare or Medicaid already. The rest simply prefer not to pay the higher prices.
Dump the left wing trial lawyers, and eliminate the manufactured crises. Problem solved. Just say no to the Socialists.

[concerned about politics]

Kintoon needs to shut his bi-commie mouth. Whether the (POS) realizes it, or not he is irrevelant. I have to presume that (MF0 thinks most sane people give a damn what he thinks or says.

Last poll I saw gave him a 23% max approval rating.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

$8.7 BILLION to privide healthcare to $1.3 MILLION?

"The definition of insanity is..."

[Fishing-guy]

We already have a national version of TennCare. It's called Medicaid. It's just not so expensive or all-inclusive like TennCare.

[Rummyfan]

If you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free.

P. J. O'Rourke

Yep, Hitlery manufactured her health care crisis, allowed no congressional insight into her commission and conferences and meetings required to produce an elevenundred page plan that became known as Hillary-Care. This form a person who was neither elected not vetted through the Senate for an appointment. That should give everyone a good idea of what a Hillary admin would be!!!

[zzen01]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[RJL]

Ned Ray did this at a time when we were making real efforts to control the costs of health care. But the economy grew faster.

A growing economy and real efforts to control costs, it doesn't get any better than that, yet it is still a financial quagmire that failed.

Liberal socialism runs on other people's money and it always fails when they run out of other people's money.

[Jim Noble]

What makes Clinton think that if a State cant afford it the Federal Government can?

Because Tennessee doesn't have one of these:

[Ingtar]

The Democratic governor of Tennessee is using Tenncare as another excuse to "reluctantly" push for an income tax.

[goldstategop]

Yeah really. Isn't TennCare going under? I'd say Bubba knows how to repeat his 1994 health care fiasco! (laughing)

[Alberta's Child]

"Ned Ray did this at a time when we were making real efforts to control the costs of health care. But the economy grew faster. No state can handle this alone, having an unprecedented number of people dropped into the system."

What the hell does Sentence #2 have to do with #1 and #3????

[Slyfox]

I suspect that Hillary has been carefully looking at all the state run health care programs to see which one she likes the best.

[freekitty]

"One,at least this one, can only hope that Former President Bill Clinton won't be around much longer. (I am referring to being around in the media)"

And I am referring to maybe he and the Missus will be jail where they belong.

[freekitty]

"I suspect that Hillary has been carefully looking at all the state run health care programs to see which one she likes the best."

Or how she can best implement her own brand of horror health care.

[G.Mason]

"And I am referring to maybe he and the Missus will be jail where they belong."

One can always get out of jail.

I was thinking of a more permanent location, in a warmer area. ;)

[William Tell]

sgtbono2002 asks: "What makes Clinton think that if a State cant afford it the Federal Government can?

Simple. Productive people will be more reluctant to leave the US than they are to leave Tennessee. When productive people have a choice, they do not choose socialism.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

The poll must have been conducted at Scotch&Water kennedy's compound, while smoking crack cocaine.

[mewzilla]

Former President Bill Clinton said that the state's TennCare program may not be around much longer, but predicts that one day there will be a national program similar to it.

When Heck freezes over.

[Slyfox]

Hillary, being a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, which would also make her a huge fan of Vladimir Lenin, is echoing in every pore of her being the old Lenin adadge:

"The key to Marxism is medicine."

[freekitty]

Correct.