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(The Center Square) – Tennessee's unemployment rate is up slightly, but 91 of 94 counties still have a rate of less than 5%, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
About 32% of adults of color who are transgender lack health care coverage compared to only 22% of transgender adults. [30] In terms of gender, about 29% of transgender women avoid seeing the doctor because they cannot afford it and have no health care insurance. [30] This has unfortunate consequences such as worsened health issues and even death.
Proposed solutions to US health care deserts include the enactment of a national single payer health care system; adoption of a public option under the Affordable Care Act (ACA); the approval of higher Medicare reimbursements and tax credits for struggling hospitals; the establishment of strategically placed free-standing emergency centers; the ...
As of 2017, the possibility that the ACA may be repealed or replaced has intensified interest in the questions of whether and how health insurance coverage affects health and mortality. [53] An estimated 13 million people gained coverage through Medicaid expansion, and 76 million people gained eligibility for free preventative services. [54]
Belmont Data Collaborative research shows both Tennessee rural and urban areas face distinct challenges that contribute to mental health disparities. Tennessee must use mental health treatment ...
Wendy Long, M.D., is Tennessee Hospital Association CEO and president. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee health care: Improve, but don't nix, Certificate of Need law
TennCare was started in the early 1990s under Governor Ned McWherter as a health care reform initiative that had the twin goals of controlling rising Medicaid costs and increasing public access to affordable health care. [2] [3] [4] Tennessee sought and obtained waivers from the federal Health Care Financing Administration that allowed the ...
The Care for Moms Act in Congress would provide access, expanding Medicaid and CHIP and more to address the maternal health crisis. Tennessee maternal health crisis affects Black women worse. Here ...