[SmithL]

Your tax dollars, . . .

[FormerACLUmember]

Tenn Care is a nightmare for doctors, hospitals, .... and patients.

[Venerable Bede]

Good news for them, bad news for all the taxpayers in Tennessee. Bredesen and the Legislature are going to point to lack of funding for "needy" people as a reason to force an income tax in the state.

Limitations should have been imposed on TennCare - ie. generic-only prescriptions when availible and limits on doctor visits - along with modest cutting of patients eligible for other coverage. I'm no TC expert, but it seems even a UT MBA could have fixed the program by now.

I'm tired of paying for someone else's problems.

[The Duke]

I guess they had to wait for enough patients to die.

[bert]

Hillary care is dug out of the grave, pale and covered with dirt, but apparently still alive

[HighlyOpinionated]

I don't live in Tennessee, I live in Georgia. I work for the State of Georgia. I have State Insurance.

I also saw the doctor today for bronchitis & sinusitis. I was prescribed Levaquin. My State Insurance REFUSED to pay. FIVE pills cost $117 and some cents.

FIVE PILLS for $117++??????????????????????

What's wrong with that picture? If I was on Medicaid, the pills would be FREE! So I'm to pick up the tab for the poor-little-old-entitlement-resident of Georgia???

NO. I called the doctor's office and I got samples. IF the doctor had given me 2 or 3 samples, I'd have paid full price for 3 or 2 pills. But $117++???????

I told them - Levaquin is NOT going to be MY Christmas Present!