As Trump administration opens door, Harwell pushes Medicaid work requirements
"This is exactly the type of flexibility states have been asking for the last several years, and I appreciate the
Howell will carry the bill which would impact an unknown number of adult enrollees on TennCare, the state's version of Medicaid.
TennCare has an estimated 1.3 million low-income children, pregnant mothers, parents, caretakers and Medicare-certified poor and disabled enrollees.
TennCare spokeswoman
The CMS' guidance, Tanksley said, includes "a number of exemptions and requirements for states to accommodate certain individuals who may have difficulty in meeting community engagement requirements, such as individuals with disabilities, those with substance use disorder, and those who have been certified by a medical professional as having a medical condition that would prevent them from meeting the requirement."
Earlier Thursday,
Harwell spokeswoman
All this week, House Minority Leader
Fitzhugh said earlier Thursday that
Asked about Harwell's announcement, Fitzhugh said he though it would apply to a "pretty small population because most people are disabled on TennCare except for the children and pregnant women."
But the Democrat said if Harwell wants work requirements, "she should include the expansion population in her bill."
"I truly don't understand why all those on the other side continue to be so dead-set against this expansion," he added.
Fitzhugh said enabling lower income single adults to come onto TennCare would help provide health coverage for treating opioid addiction, which
Without expansion, he said, "where in the world do they think we're going to get money from the state coffers for opioids? Expansion covers drug rehab."
He declined to say whether he thought the speaker's jumping out with the bill may be politically motivated.
Republican majority senators in 2015 twice killed Haslam's proposed Insure Tennessee plan to extend TennCare to the estimated 280,000 adult Tennesseans.
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