The Big Beautiful Bill will cut Medicaid, including TennCare, Tennessee’s version of Medicaid. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
When I think about healthcare in Tennessee, I think of my childhood and the long drives from rural Appalachia to Chattanooga to see a specialist for my partial blindness.
I think of TennCare, our state’s Medicaid program, and how I relied on the program again as an adult when I was diagnosed with cancer that almost derailed my future. But most of all, I think of my son who now relies on TennCare to cover his daily caregiving…