Health Care

16th Congressional District candidates target absent U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes

5 Feb 2012

Candidates hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes focused on health-care reform, marijuana legalization and other issues during a forum Saturday at Burges High School.

University of Memphis study gauges costs of federal health care reform

5 Feb 2012

Health care reform will reduce the number of uninsured Tennesseans by more than half, but the newly insured could put a strain on the state's health care system.

Tennessee and Georgia resist health care reform

4 Feb 2012

With less than a year before state legislation must be in place to implement a critical part of national health care reform, Tennessee and Georgia, along with 18 other states, have not made substantial progress toward meeting federal deadlines, according to reports from several nonpartisan organizations.