NASHVILLE — Tea Party activists booed and some yelled “liar” Wednesday at a Chattanooga lawmaker who criticized legislation saying Tennesseans can disregard health insurance mandates in the new federal health care law.
The hoopla came as an overflow crowd in a legislative corridor watched on a television monitor as Rep. JoAnne Favors, D-Chattanooga, took issue with assertions made by Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mount Juliet, a sponsor of two of the three measures.
All three measures were approved by the House Industrial Impact Subcommittee.
More than 100 activists showed up, packed the hearing room and spilled into the legislative corridor.
A registered nurse and former health care administrator, Rep. Favors noted Tennessee has “some of the poorest chronically ill citizens in the country.”