Bernard Benefits Blog

By Emily Kubis on September 29, 2017

A qualifying event for those in non-Medicaid expansion states Have you experienced a change in income and live in a state that hasn’t expanded...

By Alex Tolbert on November 7, 2016

Check out our Huffington Post column: Democrats and Republicans are almost always at odds on Medicaid and other safety net programs. This...

By Alex Tolbert on July 18, 2016

Now that Tennessee’s state legislature has released another proposal for Medicaid expansion in the state, health insurance consumers may be...

By Ryan McCostlin on March 31, 2016

25-bed Critical Access Hospital helps 480 patients find health insurance in first year of partnership Macon County General Hospital (MCGH) is a...

By Ryan McCostlin on July 14, 2015

(Update: In the first year of this partnership, Bernard Health and MCGH helped 480 patients find health insurance. Click here for our updated...

By Ryan McCostlin on February 27, 2015

How do the uninsured find healthcare? Not having health insurance doesn't keep Americans from seeing a doctor. Millions of uninsured Americans...

By Alex Tolbert on February 11, 2015

"Insure Tennessee" fails to pass Governor Haslam’s market-based, state budget-neutral plan for Medicaid expansion would have brought billions of...

By Alex Tolbert on January 28, 2015

What "Insure Tennessee" means for the healthcare customer "Insure Tennessee" is what Governor Bill Haslam is calling his proposal to expand...