Haslam says TN on track if health care upheld - WSMV Channel 4
Member Center:
By ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is prepared to implement requirements under the federal health care overhaul in the event the Supreme Court upholds the law championed by President Barack Obama, despite serious resistance among Republican lawmakers to lay the groundwork for the program.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration has made steady progress on establishing the health insurance exchange required by the law, though he told reporters this week that final legislative approval can wait until January.
The nation's highest court is expected to rule on a challenge to the health care law on Thursday.
Cost concerns are the main reasons Haslam said he wants the law struck down.
The U.S. Census shows about 15% of Tennesseans didn't have health insurance in 2010.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
At least one person has been killed in a crash on Harding Place, according to Police.
More >>At least one person has been killed in a crash on Harding Place, according to Police.
More >>All nine hostages have been released after being held at a bank in Columbia for several hours.
More >>All nine hostages have been released after being held at a bank in Columbia for several hours.
More >>He said that day he was in the woods looking for ginseng with his son, who had just told him a week earlier as much time as he spent in the woods, he'd be the one to find Holly.
More >>He said that day he was in the woods looking for ginseng with his son, who had just told him a week earlier as much time as he spent in the woods, he'd be the one to find Holly.
More >>The two undefeated teams are facing off for the first time in six years on Saturday, bringing the fans in in droves.
More >>The two undefeated teams are facing off for the first time in six years on Saturday, bringing the fans in in droves.
More >>After more than six years of waiting for the closure they needed, Holly's family and friends were crying, hugging and praying.
More >>After more than six years of waiting for the closure they needed, Holly's family and friends were crying, hugging and praying.
More >>The guilty verdict in the trial of Zach Adams was a victory for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after a trial that, at times, painted the agency in a less-than-positive light.
More >>The guilty verdict in the trial of Zach Adams was a victory for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after a trial that, at times, painted the agency in a less-than-positive light.
More >>A Metro Nashville Public Schools teacher is on administrative leave after allegedly holding a 4-year-old student in a locker, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
More >>A Metro Nashville Public Schools teacher is on administrative leave after allegedly holding a 4-year-old student in a locker, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
More >>Just after 3:30 p.m. on the second day of deliberation in the murder trial accusing Zach Adams of Holly Bobo's murder, the jury reentered the courtroom to ask Judge Creed McGinley a question regarding the case. This is the second question jurors have stopped deliberation to ask. The first was on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. Unlike the first question, where the judge wrote a note and sent it back to them in their chamber, he brought them into the courtroom. He explained that t...
More >>Just after 3:30 p.m. on the second day of deliberation in the murder trial accusing Zach Adams of Holly Bobo's murder, the jury reentered the courtroom to ask Judge Creed McGinley a question regarding the case. This is the second question jurors have stopped deliberation to ask. The first was on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. Unlike the first question, where the judge wrote a note and sent it back to them in their chamber, he brought them into the courtroom. He explained that t...
More >>Nashville resident Richelle Desire said she can't reach her family because communications are down across the island of Dominica, a place that is home to her family and where she grew up.
More >>Nashville resident Richelle Desire said she can't reach her family because communications are down across the island of Dominica, a place that is home to her family and where she grew up.
More >>Adams was found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and three counts of aggravated rape. The first-degree murder charge makes this a capital case, meaning the death penalty is on the table.
More >>Adams was found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and three counts of aggravated rape. The first-degree murder charge makes this a capital case, meaning the death penalty is on the table.
More >> | 
|
