This is from Lorri.  Her Medicaid benefits are about to be cut.  
 
 
Dear   Mr. Garr

My name is Lorrinda Mabry I am writing to ask you to please save  TennCare.  
I am 39 and have Cerebral Palsy.
 
If Tennessee  goes back to a bare bones Medicaid plan.  Many  people will not 
be able get the health care, medicine, or services that they  need.  Without 
health care and medication they will become sicker and will  be unable to work 
or be a productive member of society.
 
If Tennessee  does scrap TennCare, where will the 400,000 enrollees  like 
myself who have chronic illnesses or disabilities find the care and  services 
that we need? Using hospital emergency rooms will not give us the  proper care we 
need and will cost taxpayers money. Giving up the TennCare  program will also 
mean loosing billions of dollars in federal matching money and  will probably 
end up costing the state more money in the end.
 
Further, I believe that TennCare can be saved without harming enrollees,  and 
it’s up to the Governor to do it. Blaming the advocates who try to protect  
people with chronic illnesses or disabilities is wrong and does not do anything 
 to help! I hope you will think twice before you scrap TennCare and put my 
life  and the lives of other Tennesseans in danger.
 

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