Cancer Patients Challenge Governor’s Healthcare Axe in Washington

It's not easy being Governor. That was the message Bredesen took to Washington when he spoke at the National Press Club Friday, according to an NPR broadcast on the same day. (Save NPR Petition)

Bredesen was challenged during the question period by two TennCare enrollees who are also cancer patients. One of them was Lori Griffin of Morristown, TN. She's sure she will be one of the many who will lose TennCare. She says her family makes $10.00 too much to qualify for TennCare under Bredesen's new rules.

She's had one dose of chemotherapy, but can have no more unless and until it is determined that she will indeed remain on the state's expanded Medicaid program. Lori Griffin says without TennCare, her only option is to die.

According to the NPR reporter, Bredesen tried to make the best of the situation by quipping: There was a concern that the room would not be full, so we brought a number of people from Tennessee (paraphrased).

The story, featured on All Things Considered, informed its national audience that while Bredesen was in Washington speechifying, his office was occupied by a room full of disabled and sick protesters.

No surprise . . .

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could get care. That happened a few years ago but this health care stuff is just going to all hit the fan soon. The only people who will be able to pay soon is the guy running the big corp and pulling in 20 Million a year. We need a tax payer system like the rest of the modern countries have.

Gotta have free enterprise. We want you to have personal responsibility for your health & ownership of your own health plan.

Now there's an idea. The Governor's health care plan promotes divorce, cuz if you only have one income you ought to be poor enough to qualify for something.