Pastors in Tennessee Call for Medicaid Expansion
2 min readJun 25, 2021
Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a group of Tennessee pastors affiliated with the Southern Christian Coalition called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to accept the Biden Administration’s incentives and expand the state’s Medicaid program as envisioned in the ACA.
Tennessee is among a handful of states that have yet to accept Medicaid expansion dollars.
“Every Tennessean deserves access to affordable healthcare, no matter the color of their skin or where they live in the…