We have all heard the numbers by now; 46 million people in this country are uninsured. This is a disturbing number, but it’s important to understand who these people are and why they are uninsured. Medicare and Medicaid Doctors are government programs that have been set up to take care of many of these people, but not all of them. Government programs take money from the taxpayers and use it to cover... [read more]

One variation on Managed Care plans that acts as a Medicaid alternative is the nationwide PACE program. The San Francisco-based On Lok program that provides housing, long-term care and programming for the area's senior population led to the development of the larger PACE program. The program aims to keep seniors who normally would require placement in a skilled nursing facility a chance to stay in... [read more]

TennCare in Tennessee has been hitting the news more today than at anytime since its conception. Critics of the proposed Government Option for all Americans point to the failure of TennCare to provide a government run program that would insure everyone that did not or could not not be covered by a private insurance company in the state of Tennessee. As a resident of Tennessee I believe the nation as... [read more]