Working for

health care justice

Alerts:

May 5, 2008 - Budget Subcommittee delayed voting on the amendments

April 29, 2008 - House Legislative Budget Subcommittee Vote

April 29, 2008 - Town Hall Meetings in Chattanooga & TriCities

April 17, 2008 - Unnatural causes

April 15, 2008 - Town Hall Meeting in Knoxville

April 10, 2008 - Town Hall Meetings Canceled in Dyersburg and Jackson

April 7, 2008 - Town Hall Meetings with State Legislators in Dyersburg and Jackson, TN

April 2, 2008 - Saturday Healthcare Meetings in Dyersburg and Nashville

March 27, 2008 - Unnatural Causes - Is inequality making us sick?

March 27, 2008 - Saturday Healthcare Meetings in Memphis and Johnson City

March 24, 2008 - Saturday Healthcare Meetings in Memphis and Johnson City

March 13, 2008 - Saturday Healthcare Meetings Chattanooga Cookeville Jackson

March 3, 2008 - Health Care Justice '08 Trainings from Memphis to Johnson City

January 8, 2008 - Local Organing Groups in Cookeville and Chattanooga at Work

October 25, 2007 - Improved SCHIP voted on today in the U.S. House

October 22, 2007 - Eight local groups across TN working for health care reform

October 17, 2007 - Vote to over-ride President's veto is tomorrow on SCHIP

October 14, 2007 - Three days from now Congress will vote to over-ride Bush's vetro of SCHIP.

October 3, 2007 - Why and what to do to over-ride Bush's veto of SCHIP

September 29, 2007 - Make of gift to the Tennessee Health Care Campaign

September 27, 2007 - Senators Alexander and Corker vote "YES" on SCHIP

Septmber 25, 2007 - How did our U.S. Senators and Representatives vote on the Compromise SCHIP bill?

September 21, 2007 - Call your U.S. Congressman today and ask h/her to support the Compromise bill on SCHIP

September 20, 2007 - Tune in to AARP's Presidential, Democratic, Candidate's Debate on Health Care

September 12, 2007 - Encourage Congress to come up with a Conpromise bill to cover 10 million children

September 12, 2007 - Local Organizing Group meetings in TN in September

August 2, 2007 - U.S. House votes on SCHIP, insurance for 10 million children

August 1, 2007 - Vote on children's health will occur this week in U.S. House

July 30, 2007 - Only one of nine TN Congress members publically support House bill for $50 billion to cover 10 million kids

July 23, 2007 - Sicko opens in over 500 theaters - Go see the movie.

July 3, 2007 - Sicko, a must see!

June 29, 2007 - Stop BIG Tobacco from hijacking SCHIP

June 28, 2007 - See Sicko and get involved.

June 20, 2007 - Call Congress and say "NO" to capping SCHIP at 200% of poverty

June 19, 2007 - Should the U.S. guarantee cover to all children

June 16, 2007 - THCC's Annual Meeting - What states do makes a difference

June 9, 2007 - Drugs are too expensive

June 7, 2007 - Cutting the Sales Tax on Food is Alive. Call today.

June 4, 2007 - Cut in Food Sales Tax Alive. Call your state legislators

June 2, 2007 - Reducing the sales tax on food - House vote

May 23, 2007 - THCC's Annual Meeting, Drug Settlements, Tax Swap

May 20, 2007 - Health Care Study Commission

May 8, 2007 - Too many children fall through the cracks of our health care system, non-system

April 30, 2007 - Who is looking out for your health care?

April 27, 2007 - Update of Collateral Damage Screenings

April 26, 2007 - Collateral Damage Screenings across Tennessee

April 23, 2007 - Alert for State and Federal Legislation

April 18, 2007 - Collateral Damage, Bad Medicine for Tennessee

April 9, 2007 - People with Disabilities are being threathened

April 2, 2007 - Give the Federal Government the right to get the best price for Medicare Part D.

March 31, 2007 - Thousands of TennCare enrollees will lose their providers

March 25, 2007 - On April 1, 2007, 340,000 TennCare enrollees will have to change plans

March 22, 2007 - Congress is voting on funding for children's health insurance

March 20, 2007 - Dental care for children in CoverKids

March 13, 2007 - Marian Wright Edelman speaking in Nashville on March 14

March 6, 2007 - Collateral Damage and Regional Training Meetings in Memphis and Cookeville

March 5, 2007 - National Call-in Day for children and more on Cover Tennessee

February 21, 2007 - Health Care Training, CoverTN & TennCare Oversight

February 16, 2007 - AccessTN, CoverTN program for people with chronic medical conditions, is receiving applications

February 12, 2007- Guarantee Coverage for all Children

February 9, 2007 - Disability Funding at Risk

February 9, 2007 - SCHIP - National Call in Day

January 31, 2007 - Regional Training Events - We are all at RISK.

January 23, 2007 - Collateral Damage: Bad Medicine in Tennessee

January 19, 2007 - Minimum Wage

January 19, 2007 - Strange Bedfellows; giant movement toward health care for all

January 8, 2007 - Dental Care for Children and Medical Debt

January 1, 2007 - Faces of TennCare and CoverRx

December 8, 2006 Alert - Federal Communications Commission in Nashville

November 12, 2006 Alert - Medicare D, TriCor and health care polls high

November 5, 2006 Alert - Voting - Latest on CoverTN - Faces of TennCare screening

October 16, 2006 Alert - Early Voting! Take the Early Voting Pledge

October 3, 2006 Alert - Governortorial & Candidate Forums; Single Payer Health Forum and more

August 4, 2006 Alert - Latest in State and National Health Care Reform

May 27, 2006 Alert - Odom bill passes. Thank State Legislators

May 25, 2006 Alert - Raise minimum wage to $6.15 per hour

May 25, 2006 Alert - Thank your state senator for voting to restore coverage for uninsurables

May 23, 2006 Alert - We need more than $13 million for the 67,000 uninsurable people cut off TennCare.

May 22, 2006 Alert - Follow-up meeting of the Joint House and Senate Finance committees

May 19, 2006 Alert - Support budget amendments for $75 million

May 14, 2006 Alert - Call members of the House Finance committee

May 11, 2006 Alert - Not enough people are calling