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Dear Governor Haslam

Larry Drain, Legislative Liaison on State Legislative Affairs, is writing a letter each day to Governor Haslam urging him to accept Medicaid Expansion for Tennessee. Thousands of our fellow consumers are needlessly suffering as a direct result of the Governor's rejection of Medicaid Expansion as offered in the ACA. These consumer's mental health will continue to deteriorate until mental health care is provided and the mental health care system in Tennessee is improved and expanded. This blog is established to give a platform for the presentation of Larry's letters.   


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Dear Governor Haslam: Fifteenth Letter

6/19/2014

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A second 15th letter: I dont know if he lived


Dear Governor Haslam:

This is my second 15th letter to you.  I know Tuesday you are planning to unveil your program to combat drug abuse in Tennessee and that is what made me think about it.

A couple of years ago I got a phone call at the hospital I worked at then.  A young man talked about his addiction to prescription drugs.  3 friends had died from overdoses.  He had come close.  He wanted to go to a detox unit… He was afraid he was going to die.

He didnt have any insurance.  I told him the waiting period for a bed could be 6-8 monthes with no insurance.  He was quiet for a moment.  Then he started to cry.  He told me he wanted to live and didnt know how to make it now.

Abruptly he hung up.  He wouldnt answer my calls back.

I dont know if he lived or not.  I dont know. 

There is no drug abuse treatment without access to services.  Please expand TennCare.  We all deserve a break.  It is one of the most important things you could do to fight drug abuse in Tennessee.

Please.

Until tomorrow.

Yours truly,

Larry Drain


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