Study says Insure Tennessee could bring $1.14B to state

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee economic study commissioned by advocates for expanding Medicaid says Gov. Bill Haslam's Insure Tennessee could create 15,000 jobs and bring $1.14 billion in new spending to the state.

According to the study released Monday by UT's Center for Business and Economic Research, an estimated 200,000 of the 470,000 eligible Tennesseans would participate in Haslam's proposed version of Medicaid expansion. The $1.14 billion figure comes from an estimated $5,705 in medical spending by each of those 200,000 people.

The study was commissioned by the Coalition for a Healthy Tennessee. That's a nonprofit formed by a group of business, health care and civic groups from across the state that supports expanding insurance for those who cannot afford it.

More than 30 percent of Tennessee's uninsured would qualify for Insure Tennessee, according to the study, which advocates for Insure Tennessee. The study's introduction says the program would lead to a "healthier population, a more productive workforce, and more effective public health interventions."

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1. Here is an example of a jobs bill, the House has voted to repeal fifty times,

Would you da they are not for jobs. What's more the jobs are good but it is good people are receiving health care. Of course Perry will brag on his "job creation" but he missed these jobs.