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In late March, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen introduced Cover Tennessee, a new strategy to provide affordable and portable health insurance to more than 600,000 uninsured Tennesseans.
At an average monthly cost of about $50 for an individual, with no high front-end deductibles, and designed to follow working Tennesseans no matter where they work, the voluntary initiative is based on two principles emphasized by Bredesen-affordability and portability.
The program has three main components:
* CoverTN is a partnership between the state and small businesses to help working Tennesseans buy affordable health insurance. Besides the...