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Bredesen's election-year, cover-my-butt health care measure (called CoverTN or as some would call it CoverBredesen) was approved by both the Tennessee House and Senate. It is now on its way to the Governor's desk, and I assume that it will be signed. I'm not really that familiar with the specifics of this bill; I don't really have an opinion whether it is good or bad. From what I hear, it is a decent bill.

The only problem that I have with it is that the Governor is just trying to save his own butt from his little dealings with Tenncare. After kicking thousands of people off that medical program, he needed something to make himself look good to the voters of Tennessee.

His solution: come up with something that at least looks like people are getting medical coverage (whether the people are getting good coverage or not, don't ask me because I don't really know). It is kind of funny that this gets approved not long before the Governor campaign season kicks into high gear. This certainly was a great move for Bredesen's camp; I just question if this will truly help the state or if this is a gimmick to make voters happy. (story here)

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