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health care justice

ALERT! Losing TennCare home health nursing services? Maybe not.

Anyone who has had (or is about to have) their TennCare home health nursing services cut and may need hospital or nursing home care as a result, should contact the Tennessee Justice Center at 1-877-608-1009 to see if the federal court's decision on the Crabtree case might help you keep your care. (Posted 1/5/09)

 

Premiums versus Paychecks

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A Growing Burden For Tennessee's Workers

New Families USA Report September 2008

 

Alerts: Get the

Latest on Health Care or

TennCare or Cover Tennessee:

Click Here.

Cuts in Private Duty Nursing: Click Here for electronic copies of information on the new limits to nursing services.

Click here for the Sept. 4 advisory on cuts in nursing services and a Q & A

 

Plan a Health Care Reform House Party. Click here or image above

Whose health plan is best for America? Click & Compare.

John McCain or Barack Obama?

 
Between now and Nov. 4, 2008, host a house party to:
  2. View Frontline Documentary: Sick Around the World;

Sick Around the World

View on-line - See how 5 other capitalistic countries covered all its citizens: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

What have other democratic capitalistic countries done?

Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Britain, and Japan?

 

 

http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10874

The Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine has set guiding principles for health care plans. These are the standards to use to grade CoverTN, CoverKids, AccessTN, CoverRx, and any other proposal.

1. Universal
2. Continuous
3. Affordable
4. Funding
5. Quality

The National Physician Alliance has also adopted these principles for reform. Click here to read their position.

 

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Recent and Important Studies & Documents in Tennessee on Health Care: