Report: Medicaid expansion would cover more than 230,000 Tennesseans

Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans would have better access to health care if the state expanded its Medicaid coverage, according to a new White House report. At least 234,000 people across the state would have health insurance by 2016 according to the report, which looks at the consequences of states’ refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The report was compiled by the White House Council on Economic Advisers. The report also estimated that at least 165,000 Mississippians… Reported by bizjournals 20 hours ago.