This is a post election article from Tennessee. The title was:

] Bredesen sees no significant effect of shift in power
]
] Tennesseans elected the first state senate majority in
] 140 years.
]
] On the issue of TennCare, Bredesen said, "We've always
] known there were two options for controlling TennCare
] costs so it doesn't take all the resources of state
] government."

Five days later, he kills the program.

My mother is on Tenncare. She has a condition which in general does not contribute much to her healthcare costs. However, no insurance company will provide her with general health coverage because of it. Tenncare was really her only option. She pays more for Tenncare then most people do for their health insurance, and she doesn't get much out of it. She is often stuck going to ghetto Tenncare doctors who primary treat people who are too poor to pay. We have insurance so that in the event of something catastropic we're able to pay.

My mother now joins the growing ranks of the uninsured in this country, not because she is a leech on the system, as rock stupid Republican fucking commentators consistantly claim everyone on Tenncare is, but because actuaries have decided that they will not cover her at any price.

YEAH FU@#$ING REPUBLICANS!!@!@!@!#$