Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill set to begin the process of unwinding and removing many of Tennessee’s certificate of need restrictions for health care services passed both the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and House Health Committee this week. The bill would first remove CON requirements in counties […]
Last year Jonathan Engler and Jessica Hockett published a carefully researched article which offered a horrifying but plausible explanation for at least some of the otherwise unsolved ‘problem’ of New York’s all-age sudden covid death spike in the spring of 2020, which with a crisis of covid deaths in North Italy catalysed lockdown in the West. They postulate a number of factors, grounded in part in […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation to prevent Tennessee hospitals from restricting visitation of patients by individuals with power of attorney will be heard by the House Health Committee on Wednesday. House Bill 1883 (HB1883), sponsored by Representative Kip Capley (R-Summertown-District 71), “creates the right of an attorney in fact designated to […]
Image Credit: Canva Submitted by Edward Gentry – BSN, MSN, CRNA (Graduate of UTC Nurse Anesthesia and UTC Nursing) – Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are here in TN and almost exclusively provide direct anesthesia care to patients undergoing anesthesia for surgery and other procedures with and often without the presence of a physician, medical […]
Image Credit: U.S. Navy Medicine / RawPixel / Public Domain The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee has been denied $1.5 billion in new health-care investment since 2000, according to a new report on the state’s certificate of need laws. The report from Americans for Prosperity Foundation said the issues could be seen in […]
Image Credit: Antony-22 / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s 2024 legislative session will begin Tuesday with the Republican party looking to pass a budget, statewide K-12 education savings accounts, business tax cuts, enhanced school safety measures, certificate-of-need reform and health care funding. On Monday, House leadership discussed rules for session including […]
Image Credit: RawPixel / Public Domain The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee voters say education and the economy should be the top priorities of state government, according to a recent Vanderbilt Poll. The poll surveyed 1,005 registered voters between Nov. 14 and Dec. 2. Those voters were given 10 topics and chose education […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov & Jason Carter / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – As the Tennessee General Assembly prepares for its 114th legislative session, a new bill has been filed by Democrats to completely undo Tennessee’s ban on abortion by amending a whole slew of current state laws. House Bill 1626 (HB1626) is […]
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