Cohen calls for federal administrator to reject Tennessee block grant proposal

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 22, 2019 9:11 AM CT | Published: September 20, 2019 4:37 PM CT

Congressman Steve Cohen is urging a federal official to reject Tennessee’s block grant proposal for Medicaid funds, saying it would violate federal law and “inflict serious harm to recipients in Memphis and Shelby County.”

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Bill Lee Gabe Roberts Seema Verma Steve Cohen
Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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