TennCare work requirement still not approved as state seeks block grant waiver
Signs held by University of Memphis students opposing Tennessee's TennCare Block Grant proposal reflected the near-unanimous and often passionate disapproval for the attendees of a town hall meeting at the University of Memphis Oct. 15, 2019. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
As Tennessee pushes a $7.85 billion Medicaid block grant proposal, the state is still waiting for federal approval of a TennCare work requirement passed in 2018. The request is being held up because of legal challenges to similar programs in other states.
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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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