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Why Tennessee Democrats Keep Pressing On Medicaid Expansion

Activists packed the state capitol at the beginning of the legislative session as Governor Bill Haslam gave his State of the State Address.
Stephen Jerkins
Activists packed the state capitol at the beginning of the legislative session as Governor Bill Haslam gave his State of the State Address.

A committee in the Tennessee legislature voted to reject Medicaid expansion yet again last week. WPLN’s Chas Sisk joins Blake Farmer to talk about who is keeping the conversation about InsureTN alive.WPLN's Chas Sisk explains why Democrats continue to push for votes on InsureTN.

Outside the state capitol, the vote may have seemed to come out of nowhere, but it really didn’t according to WPLN's Chas Sisk. 

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Blake Farmer
Blake Farmer is WPLN's assistant news director, but he wears many hats - reporter, editor and host. He covers the Tennessee state capitol while also keeping an eye on Fort Campbell and business trends, frequently contributing to national programs. Born in Tennessee and educated in Texas, Blake has called Nashville home for most of his life.
Chas joined WPLN in 2015 after eight years with The Tennessean, including more than five years as the newspaper's statehouse reporter.Chas has also covered communities, politics and business in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied economics and journalism. Outside of work, he's a dedicated distance runner, having completed a dozen marathons