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Anita Wadhwani

Tennessee Removes About 100,000 People From Medicaid Rolls

By Anita Wadhwani April 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The TennCare cuts, which followed the resolution of a long-running court battle, affected mostly elderly or disabled residents, including approximately 37,000 who had relied on the state program for all their health care needs.

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