DBSA Tennessee - ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY: Brad Palmertree, Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC)
at the State chapter meeting, Saturday, October 20, 2012 at HopePark Church in Bellevue (phone number below for directions)
Topic:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:How Tennessee is Moving
Ahead on the Tennessee Health Insurance Exchange and Medicaid
Expansion
The Supreme Court recently ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional and now the action is at the state level: who is going to be doing what and when in Tennessee?Join Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Jackson in welcoming Brad Palmertree, Interim Executive Director for the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, as he updates us on the latest activities around the Tennessee Health Care Exchange and Medicaid (TennCare) Expansion.
Brad Palmertree was formerly the Director of Communications for Tennessee Health Care Campaign. He has tracked and researched the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from its inception, and uses his knowledge of the law for public education: working with
policymakers, legislators, medical providers, social workers, and community leaders to help them better understand provisions of the new health care law.He holds a Bachelor’s of Social Work from Lambuth University and is the current Practicing BSW Representative for the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Prior to his work with THCC, Mr. Palmertree worked with at-risk youth in New York City and in Jackson, TN in various capacities. He now lives in Nashville in a house currently occupied by two cats, Rocky& Isabella.
For additional information, contact Steve Brannon, State Director, DBSA Tennessee
Bus.
at the State chapter meeting, Saturday, October 20, 2012 at HopePark Church in Bellevue (phone number below for directions)
Topic:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:How Tennessee is Moving
Ahead on the Tennessee Health Insurance Exchange and Medicaid
Expansion
The Supreme Court recently ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional and now the action is at the state level: who is going to be doing what and when in Tennessee?Join Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Jackson in welcoming Brad Palmertree, Interim Executive Director for the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, as he updates us on the latest activities around the Tennessee Health Care Exchange and Medicaid (TennCare) Expansion.
Brad Palmertree was formerly the Director of Communications for Tennessee Health Care Campaign. He has tracked and researched the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from its inception, and uses his knowledge of the law for public education: working with
policymakers, legislators, medical providers, social workers, and community leaders to help them better understand provisions of the new health care law.He holds a Bachelor’s of Social Work from Lambuth University and is the current Practicing BSW Representative for the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Prior to his work with THCC, Mr. Palmertree worked with at-risk youth in New York City and in Jackson, TN in various capacities. He now lives in Nashville in a house currently occupied by two cats, Rocky& Isabella.
For additional information, contact Steve Brannon, State Director, DBSA Tennessee
Bus.