Chasity’s Struggle for Healthcare Access and Disability Support
In the second zone of waiting areas, Chasity was spending her Saturday getting much needed healthcare through St. Thomas’s Medical...
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TJC
Sep 172 min read
Barriers to Care: Ms. Smith's Journey Navigating TennCare and CHOICES for Her Nephew's Disability Care
Ms. Smith is a proud Nashvillian, Christian, and family woman. She worked for 37 years before retiring but quickly became a caregiver for...
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TJC
Aug 62 min read
A Sister's Unwavering Fight: Donna's Journey to Secure Care for Diane
Donna and Diane grew up in East Tennessee as two of six siblings. Growing up, Donna recalled that Diane was a kid who loved the...
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TJC
Aug 62 min read
Peter Kremer's Battle with Huntington's Disease and the Struggle for Care
Illness can happen to anyone at any time. For the Kremer family, they happen to share the genetic mutations for a disease called...
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Nicholas L.Rummell
Jun 243 min read
Refugee Access to Medicaid and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)
Refugees are individuals forcibly displaced from their home countries due to political, economic, environmental, or military factors....
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Vanessa Zapata
Apr 224 min read
Perils to Medicaid coverage for Immigrant Families: Summary of PIF’s Medicaid Unwinding Survey
Since April 2023, millions of people across the country have lost critical health insurance coverage. One study shows that Latinx...
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Jane Dimnwaobi
Apr 153 min read
Paying Family Caregivers is a Racial Equity Issue
TennCare, our state’s Medicaid program, covers nursing home costs for 60% of all Tennessee nursing home residents and also covers in-home...
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TJC
Apr 22 min read
Tennessee's SNAP Recertification Issues: How TJC Helped
Tennessee’s Department of Human Services has been battling a severe SNAP application and recertification backlog since June of 2023,...
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Vanessa Zapata
Mar 221 min read
Report on Medicaid Unwinding in Tennessee as of June 9, 2024
Please click below to read the PDF of this report. To learn more about unwinding and tips to navigate the process, please view our "Call...
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Asia Porter
Mar 114 min read
Tennessee Legislators Must Pass TennCare Coverage of Doula Services
Executive Summary: State of Maternal Health As maternal mortality in the United States continues to climb, Medicaid coverage of doula...
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Vanessa Zapata
Mar 44 min read
Paying Family Caregivers through Medicaid Structured Family Caregiving
Family members play a vital role in our healthcare system as caregivers for older adults and folks with disabilities in our community....
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Jane Dimnwaobi
Feb 262 min read
EPSDT and Oral Health: How Medicaid Increases Children’s Access to Dental Care
Dental Care Matters for Children Quality dental care is essential to ensure a child’s overall well-being. Traumatic dental injuries...
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TJC
Oct 9, 20232 min read
A Second Chance at Life
In March 2022, a client came to us needing insurance for a lung transplant. He had a very advanced stage of pulmonary fibrosis, a...
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Kinika Young
Jan 18, 20221 min read
Separate and Unequal: Policies to Promote Dental Care as Essential and Reduce Oral Health Disparities
Please click below to read the PDF of this report.
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