TennCare

Multiple states, including Republican-led ones like Georgia and Tennessee, and Democratic-led states like Maryland and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Examples include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, mandating insurance coverage for contraception, and requiring educational institutions to report on contraception access.

Several states, including Republican-led Georgia and Tennessee, and Democratic-led Maryland and Virginia, have passed laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control without a doctor’s signature, requiring health plans to cover contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception.

Several states, including Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Republican and Democratic governors signed measures allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health insurance coverage for contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception access.

Several states, including Republican-led Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia, have passed laws to expand or protect access to contraception. These measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health insurance coverage for contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception.

Several U.S. states, including Republican-led Georgia and Tennessee, as well as Democratic-led Maryland and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, mandating insurance coverage, and requiring educational institutions to report on contraception access.

Tennessee offers free and low-cost healthcare resources, including clinics like Neighborhood Health, Shade Tree Clinic, and Siloam Health, as well as Medicaid (TennCare) and prescription assistance programs like CoverRx. These services provide primary care, behavioral health, dental services, and affordable medications for low-income individuals and marginalized communities.

Tennessee's Medicaid program, TennCare, implemented new rules affecting the 'good cause' process for appealing coverage terminations, impacting enrollees like Keith Cottle, whose daughter's coverage was lost due to administrative errors. Over 600,000 TennCare enrollees were terminated in 2023, with many facing challenges like incorrect mail delivery and software glitches. A federal class-action lawsuit has been filed by the Tennessee Justice Center over these issues.