T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the Tennessee Hospital Association may pull back support of a proposed bed tax to benefit public hospitals if additional cuts to TennCare, beyond the ones already prescribed, are put into place. From the article: Last week, Republican Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, the Senate speaker who is running...
Remember earlier today, when we told you about Commissioner Ritz filing a civil-rights lawsuit against the state? The backlash has begun, apparently: Members of The MED task force questioned Shelby County commissioner Mike Ritz on Thursday about his decision to file a civil rights complaint against the state of Tennessee over how its distribution...
The Tennessee Hospital Association voted to recommend a bed tax to help fund TennCare. The tax, which the association is calling a “coverage fee,” could range from 1 percent to 2 percent of a hospital’s annual gross receipts. The idea is that the state would use the revenue from the fee to draw down...
Tom Humphrey talks about the latest attempt to save charity hospitals such as THE MED. The Tennessee Hospital Association is floating the idea of a new “bed tax” on hospitals as a means of offsetting the impact of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed budget cuts to TennCare. The new tax would work something like the...