Photos: Protesting vote on Insure Tennessee

February 11, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated February 11, 2015 at 1:22 a.m.

by Angela Lewis Foster

Leisa Wiley holds a sign during a mock funeral to show anger and opposition for the vote that killed Gov. Bill Haslam's Insure Tennessee proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans. Dozens joined the march in downtown Chattanooga on Tuesday in support of the uninsured. The march centered around the fact that state Sen. Todd Gardenhire and six other Republican senators whose votes killed the proposal have state-subsidized coverage themselves.
Leisa Wiley holds a sign during a mock funeral to show anger and opposition for the vote that killed Gov. Bill Haslam's Insure Tennessee proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans. Dozens joined the march in downtown Chattanooga on Tuesday in support of the uninsured. The march centered around the fact that state Sen. Todd Gardenhire and six other Republican senators whose votes killed the proposal have state-subsidized coverage themselves.
photo Reverend Brian Merritt leads a group during a mock funeral to protest Sen. Todd Gardenhire's vote to deny health coverage to 280,000 Tennesseans.

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