TN Hospitals Would Cover Share Of Medicaid Expansion Under Haslam's Plan

In addition to establishing a Medicaid expansion plan built upon private and employer sponsored insurance, Tennessee GOP Gov. Bill Haslam's newly unveiled proposal would require hospitals to cover the state share of the expansion once federal funding dips from 100 percent to 90 percent after 2016. The proposal, dubbed Insure Tennessee, which is expected to cover about 200,000 residents, also includes a fall back allowing the program to be terminated should federal or hospital funding be modified in any way...