NASHVILLE — As Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday urged fellow Republicans to “get beyond politics” when considering his Insure Tennessee proposal today, 40-year-old Traci Foster said she has a more personal message for lawmakers.
“I’m going to ask them please, let it go and be voted on,” said Foster, noting she has bladder cancer and no insurance, at a state Capitol news conference. “We really need this. There’s people begging for help.”
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Rep. Todd Gardenhire talks about his immigration legislation during the Times Free Press sponsored Legislative Roundtable on Jan. 06, 2015The Republican-dominated Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to vote this afternoon on a bipartisan resolution that seeks to resurrect Haslam’s proposal to use federal Medicaid dollars to extend health coverage to an estimated 280,000 low-income Tennesseans.
Members of the nine-member committee include local Republican Sens. Bo Watson and Todd Gardenhire.