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I'm Uninsurable
Cover Tennessee Won't Cover Me!

Join the campaign to restore coverage for uninsurables.

Misti WhitakerMy name in Misti Whitaker and I have Lupus, a disease that tricks my immune system into thinking my cells and tissues are foreign substances to be destroyed. It’s taken a toll on my kidneys to the point that I was awaiting a kidney transplant when TennCare was taken away. 

I lost health insurance coverage once before (removed from my parent’ plan at age 21), but it wasn’t as scary because I wasn’t as sick. Couldn’t get coverage on my own because of my pre-existing condition. Mom has called every insurance company out there—including the one’s supplied by the State. No private insurance provider will cover me. 

Misti Whitaker lives in Bristol, Tennessee. She is 24, has no income and medical debt of over $100,000 dollars.

Since my TennCare termination, I’ve masked symptoms to avoid treatment because of feeling guilty about the financial burden to my parents. This ended up making me sicker, of course, and mom has made me promise not to do it again. I have the greatest parents on the planet! They’d do anything for me, including going into debt to care for me, but it upsets me that they have to. I pray for all the uninsurable Tennesseans who were cut from TennCare, especially those without the support of a loving family. What will become of them?

I can’t access “Access Tennessee," and "Cover Tennessee” won’t cover me."

Are you uninsurable and / or have you been cut off TennCare? 

Is so, it is time to tell your story and show up!

Event: Kickoff: "I'm uninsurable: Cover Tennessee Won't Cover Me!"

Press Conference
Date: Monday, April 25
Time to meet: 10:00 AM - Meet in the Legislative cafeteria
Time for press conference: 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, Central Time
Place: Legislative Plaza, Room 31, Nashville
Directions: Corner of 6th Ave. North and Union, Nashville. If you need help with transportation costs, please call 1-615-430-8319.
Parking: Nashville Public Library, 7th and Church Street, Nashville

Add lobbying to your day: Call your two state legislators and visit with them while you are here. They will be arriving in Nashville anytime between 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We will conduct a vigil in the Plaza from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The Legislative Plaza has a cafeteria that will remain open and provide a place for you to sit and rest between events.

Tony Garr, Executive Director
TN Health Care Campaign
1103 Chapel Ave.
Nashville, TN 37206
1-800-280-8682

MCIL Journal Index 2006

Date Name
12/30/2006 Reform Commission Issues Final Report
12/24/2006 HHS Launches New Website Promoting Long-Term Care Planning
12/20/2006 TennCare Budget
12/19/2006 COMBATTING AUTISM ACT
12/15/2006 NCD Commends Adoption of UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
12/9/2006 Medicaid Prescription Drug Plan
12/5/2006 Congress Extends Mental Health Parity Provision for Additional Year
11/20/2006 Housing Victory - Steve Gold
11/16/2006 ADAPT NASMD Action.
11/14/2006 Testimony to the Medicaid Commission by Executive Director John Lancaster.
11/1/2006 ADAPT CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTORY WITH STARBUCKS!
10/31/2006 ACTION ALERT: STARBUCKS.
10/23/2006 Report Refutes Claims of Elections Fraud.
10/13/2006 You're Invited to MCIL’s Annual Open House & Silent Auction.
10/6/2006 Housing Vouchers and Money Follows the Person.
9/22/2006 Rochester ADAPT hits Congressman Kuhl and VP Cheney.
9/16/2006 No Excuses: ADAPT Action, Washington DC September 2006.
9/13/2006 ADA Notification Act Hearing.
9/9/2006 The Evil Bed Tax.
8/27/2006 Priority Components for Inclusion in a Integrated Managed Care System.
8/22/2006 MEDICAID LONG TERM CARE DATA.
8/16/2006 CHALK IT UP!
8/11/2006 Info for Travelers with Disabilities.
8/4/2006 Reasonable Accommodations and Federally-funded Housing.
7/27/2006 NEW EEOC PUBLICATION ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS.
7/24/2006 Harkin Introduces Bill to Improve Medical Access for People with Disabilities.
7/23/2006 White House Website Violates Federal Law.
7/6/2006 Change is Happening: Another Look at FY 2005 MA Expenditures.
6/30/2006 Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging Procedures.
6/21/2006 McClellan Addresses NCIL.
6/17/2006 Broadband Legislation Update.
6/6/2006 Has the ADA Made a Difference in Your Life?
5/27/2006 Affordable health insurance for low-income and uninsurable people.
5/23/2006 Nursing Home Waiver in Jeopardy!
5/17/2006 ADAPT wins concessions from HUD.
5/12/2006 More Than 50 Million Americans Report Some Level of Disability.
4/28/2006 Disability Advocates: Texas "Futile Care" Law Should Be Euthanized.
4/16/2006 I'm Uninsurable and Cover Tennessee Won't Cover Me!
4/6/2006 Update on the Community Choices Act.
4/1/2006 3RD Annual Free Yo Momma Day!
3/30/2006 Where is HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson?
3/27/2006 Governor's Cover Tennessee plan Fails.
3/22/2006 From the Nashville ADAPT Action.
3/10/2006 Shame on The Republican Party.
2/17/2006 Community Choices Act of 2006.
2/6/2006 TennCare Reform - By Sen Steve Cohen.
2/1/2006 ACCESS ACROSS AMERICA.
1/25/2006 AAPD Final Letter to Senate on Alito Nomination.
1/20/2006 Microenterprise Training.
1/17/2006 Disability Activists Criticize Administration and Supreme Court.
1/10/2006 TennCare Leadership Training.

 

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