Healthcare
Polling Locations Are Decreasing While Small Businesses Are Heavily Affected During COVID-19 Outbreak
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2020 Polling “Supersites” Will Create Social Density And Makes In-Person Voting Harder. Nashville, Tenn — Today, Lenda Sherrell , state director of Tennessee Small Business Alliance, issued the following statement on Voter Precinct Consolidation during the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are in unprecedented times. Many small business owners in Tennessee are…
Read MoreGov. Lee Unveils Block Grant Proposal
Gov. Lee’s block grant approach is a business model, not what’s best for Tennesseans “Gov. Lee’s Medicaid block grant proposal is clearly a business model. While Lee was a small business owner in the past, he is no longer just a business owner. He is now a public servant who is responsible for the health…
Read More“Junk” Health Plans Bad for Tennesseans
A panel assembled by the Tennessee Small Business Alliance said Tuesday partisan efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act will be devastating to the poorest and sickest Tennesseans. – Johnson City Press, Robert Houck Dr. Eric Harman, a physician who practices at Mountain Region Family Medicine in Kingsport, told reporters on a conference call that…
Read MoreTNSBA Calls on Members of Congress to Support Renewal of Critical Health Programs in Any Continuing Resolution on February 8
As part of a coalition of advocates for health care, TNSBA has signed a joint letter to our Members of Congress. We are calling on our elected officials to support the renewal of programs which ensure that Tennesseans from every income level have access to high quality health care across the state, because small business…
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