Access Tennessee

This program is a high risk pool for people who are uninsurable. $38 million were budgeted for this program for premium assistance and other subsidies for poor and low-income applicants. Some special provisions with serious limitations are available to about 4,500 low income people who were terminated from TennCare. Thee are more details to be decided at the Access Tennessee board meeting on Dec. 13.

Overview

Benefits

Monthly Premiums

CoverTN Web Page

More information on the premium assistance and other subsidies for low-income applicants will be forth coming. It is important to keep your state legislators updated on how this program will or will not help you.

Consent Decrees: The legislature budgeted $25 million dollars for matching federal funds so that more people can be served. At first the administration said that they had not applied for federal funds because of the Consent Decrees. However, the TN Justice Center and the administration have now signed an amendment to the agreed order. Now the administration is saying that they cannot move on this under the court case has been settled. Click here to read the Plaintiff and Defendant's Agreed Order.