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Section 1115 Waiver – In 1994, Tennessee received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a Section 1115 demonstration program, TennCare [1], to provide Medicaid benefits to an expanded population of uninsured residents with low incomes or with medical conditions which make them uninsurable. After several extensions,
CoverKids –
Links:
[1] http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/MWDL/itemdetail.asp?filterType=data&filterValue=Tennessee&filterByDID=2&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS028494
[2] http://www.cms.hhs.gov/LowCostHealthInsFamChild/SCHIPASPI/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS040265&intNumPerPage-10