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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 5, 2020

In a rare break from their conservative colleagues, two Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would expand Medicaid in the state under the Affordable Care Act, the Commercial Appeal reports. Rep. Ron Travis of Dayton and Sen. Richard Briggs of Knoxville filed the bill today, largely based on former Gov. Bill Haslam’s failed 2015 Medicaid expansion proposal known as Insure Tennessee. Most states have seized the opportunity to expand coverage but Tennessee lawmakers have consistently rejected such efforts. The sponsors said the effort will focus on House passage first.