I spent a little while the other night emailing every durn one of the state legislators, saying NO to Haslam’s plan. I told them to stop falling for the federal government’s “carrot & stick” that will allow them to take control. The moment any government funding is accepted by the state, we have no more say so on the matter.
Haslam said the Tennessee Hospital Association would cover the cost of Insure TN. Suuuuuure, but for how long? Wait’ll they saw how much it would end up costing them!
Several years back, thousands of Tennesseans were dumped from TennCare because 33% of the entire state’s budget was covering the cost and we just couldn’t afford it. One of the senators told me in his reply that it’s back up to 33% again. HELLO!
I cheered when I heard the news yesterday that this Bovine Scatology idea of Haslam’s was shot down in flames. It was a bad idea that was only going to screw us royally in the end.
“I spent a little while the other night emailing every durn one of the state legislators, saying NO to Haslam’s plan. I told them to stop falling for the federal government’s “carrot & stick” that will allow them to take control. The moment any government funding is accepted by the state, we have no more say so on the matter.”
Looks like your emails, and no doubt thousands of others, had an impact.
“I cheered when I heard the news yesterday that this Bovine Scatology idea of Haslam’s was shot down in flames.”
Same here. I was elated. One refressing “NO” to another gargantuan government program. Being pushed by a Republican.
Haslam must see himself as a George W. Bush mini-me, trying to match Bush’s MediPill disaster with his own “Insure Tennessee.”
Good riddance.