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Activists Confront Tennessee Gov. Bredesen

Tenn Care? over Bredesen's face.MCIL Journal: Articles About The Sit-In.Stop the cuts. Sign the petition calling for a special session about TennCare on a stopsign.

RESOLUTION:
Commitment To Save TennCare and End the Institutional Bias in Tennessee.

Read The Demands.

Families USA, the voice for health care consumers, is providing a petition to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen: Don't Cut TennCare. Sign the petition.

http://www.familiesusa.org/site/Survey 

Governor Phil Bredesen's email: phil.bredesen@state.tn.us 

To Supporters: Thank you . . .

 

Coverage of the Sit-in at Governor Bredesen's Office.

RESOLUTION:
Commitment To Save TennCare and End the Institutional Bias in Tennessee.

Month Two 
July 20 to August 21, 2005

View the index of Month One June 20 to July 20, 2005

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Week Nine

Louis Patrick with a sign around his neck: Property of Gov. Phil Bredesen, Department of compassion.August 21, DAY SIXTY-THREE: Governor Calls on Tennesseans for Feedback on Ethics.

August 20, DAY SIXTY-TWO: Lack of Health Insurance Sixth-leading cause of death.

August 19, DAY SIXTY-ONE: Saving TennCare Safely.

August 18, DAY SIXTY: Interview with Mary Hall, Tenncare Recipient.

August 17, DAY FIFTY-NINE: Three Days in Tennessee!

August 16, DAY FIFTY-EIGHT: East Tennessee HIV/AIDS resources.

August 15, DAY FIFTY-SEVEN: Bredespin: Saving TennCare.

 

Week Eight

Bredesen as KingAugust 14, DAY FIFTY-SIX: Why Direct Action?

August 13, DAY FIFTY-FIVE: TennCare Capitol Sit-In Over 50 Days and Going Strong.

August 12, DAY FIFTY-FOUR: Take Back Your State!

August 11, DAY FIFTY-THREE: Who lives in nursing homes?

August 10, DAY FIFTY-TWO: Money Follows the Person.

August 9, DAY FIFTY-ONE: We Want Freedom, We Want Choices!

August 8, DAY FIFTY: Legislators Call for a Special Session on TennCare.

 

Week Seven

Puzzle superimposed over Mike LeavittAugust 7, DAY FORTY-NINE: King Bredesen.

August 6, DAY FORTY-EIGHT: Governor Bredesen Ignores the Voices of People with Disabilities.

August 5, DAY FORTY-SEVEN: ADAPT Confronts HHS Secretary Leavitt.

August 4, DAY FORTY-SIX: The Numbers.

August 3, DAY FORTY-FIVE: What is community life like in states with alternatives to nursing homes?

August 2, DAY FORTY-FOUR: Bredespin.

August 1, DAY FORTY-THREE: Bredesen Healthcare Mistake.

 

Week Six

Week Six

Activists blocked from the governor's office by state police. Photo by the Nashville Peace and Justice Center.July 31, DAY FORTY-TWO: Bredesen’s Legacy: Tennessee Governor is a Joke.

July 30, DAY FORTY-ONE: Tennessee Needs Money Follows the Person.

July 29, DAY FORTY: The Bell Tolls in Federal Court.

July 28, DAY THIRTY-NINE: The Bell Tolls.

July 27, DAY THIRTY-EIGHT: Bredesen passes pork to friends.

July 26, DAY THIRTY-SEVEN: Photos from the Nashville Peace and Justice Center.

July 25, DAY THIRTY-SIX: Call for a Special TennCare Legislative Session.

 

Week Five

Week Five

Don DeVaul. Photo by Al LevensonJuly 24, DAY THIRTY-FIVE: Photos from Al Levenson.

July 23, DAY THIRTY-FOUR: Six lies of Governor Bredesen, Part Two.

July 22, DAY THIRTY-THREE: Six lies of Governor Bredesen, Part One.

July 21, DAY THIRTY-TWO: Turning Up The Heat.

July 21: Tennessee ADAPT Press Release.

July 20, DAY THIRTY-ONE: Exclusive Photos, Sit-in at one month.

July 19, DAY THIRTY: Bredesen Plan Bloated With Institutional Inefficiency.

July 18, DAY TWENTY-NINE: "Shame on Bredesen."

 

 

 

 

MCIL Journal Index 2005

Follow the TennCare Sit-in

Date Name
12/31/2005 MCIL and System Advocacy in 2005
12/19/2005 Breaking TennCare to Fix It.
12/7/2005 Tennessee Citizens Against AIDS Demands Full Funding of Global AIDS Fund.
11/24/2005 Bredespin Administration denies withholding information.
11/17/2005 My First National ADAPT ACTION! By Louis Patrick.
11/4/2005 MCIL's Annual Holiday Open House and Silent Auction.
10/31/2005 Women and Seniors: Have You Taken Lipitor?
10/28/2005 Salt Lake City to get accessible taxicabs.
10/22/2005 MCIL: 20 years of kicking ass.
10/7/2005 Letter to Bredesen Shows Disenrollment Unnecessary.
9/29/2005 How Gonzales v. Oregon impacts people with disabilities.
9/27/2005 "Hey Bredesen We Want Medicine," Greets Tennessee Governor at $1000 a Plate Fund Raiser.
9/21/2005 ADAPT Accentuates the Weeks Message, Makes Demands on the NGA.
9/20/2005 The Disability Community will not be overlooked, or left behind.
9/19/2005 Angry Activists Arrested on Capitol Hill.
9/18/2005 Don't Target People with Disabilities.
8/22/2005 Safety Net is a Sham.
8/15/2005 Bredespin: Saving TennCare.
8/2/2005 Bredespin.
7/30/2005 Tennessee Needs Money Follows the Person.
7/26/2005 MCIL Timeline of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
7/23/2005 Six lies of Governor Bredesen, Part Two.
7/22/2005 Six lies of Governor Bredesen, Part One.
7/17/2005 Bredesen’s Plan Costly to Tennessee.
7/8/2005 Bredesen’s Drug Cap Violates the ADA.
7/4/2005 An Authentic American Demonstration.
6/21/2005 Activists Takeover Gov. Bredesen's Office.
6/18/2005 Concern over the governors statement.
6/16/2005 Governor Bredesen Issues Life Sentences to Vent Users.
6/8/2005 SCLC joins the struggle to secure TennCare.
5/25/2005 Center City Commission Can't Commit to Civil Rights.
5/18/2005 City's New Gazebo: A Symbol of Segregation.
5/15/2005 Section 8 Voucher Proposal Closes the Door on People with Disabilities.
5/2/2005 MEMPHIS - Rally in Support of TennCare.
4/25/2005 ADAPT Challenges Democrats to End Medicaid Institutional Bias.
4/19/2005 Changes coming to your Center for Independent Living?.
4/11/2005 Spring Spaghetti Supper Supreme.
4/5/2005 2ND Annual Free Yo Momma Day!
3/28/2005 ADAPT takes over Charlotte Avenue in downtown Nashville.
3/23/2005 Facts About Long Term Care in Tennessee
3/19/2005 USDOJ: Memphis Builders and Designers Settle Discrimination Lawsuit.
3/13/2005 State Policy Unjustly Institutionalizes Thousands
3/11/2005 The Money Follows the Person bill has been introduced by Senator Tom Harkin
3/2/2005 Anatomy of an ADAPT Action By Tim Wheat
3/1/2005 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL AGGRIEVED PERSONS
2/21/2005 YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT!
2/20/2005 Medicaid: A Time to Act by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of HHS
2/12/2005 Home is Where the Heart Is!
2/8/2005 Opposition to MiCASSA
1/31/2005 TENNCARE CHANGES
1/22/2005 Your State: Institutional versus Community expenditures.
1/11/2005 Call the Governor Today!
1/5/2005 Not Dead Yet Challenges Movie Critics, Eastwood

 


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