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> [Original Message]
> From: Alana R. Theriault <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 6/20/2005 1:09:10 PM
> Subject: [berkeley-disabled] TennCare: Enrollees Occupy Governor's
Office- Please circulate
>
> TennCare: Enrollees Occupy Governor's Office- Please circulate
>
> TennCare Enrollees, People with Disabilities, Medical Professionals, and
> other concerned Tennesseans have occupied Governor Bredesen’s Office.
>
> WHEN: JUST NOW, Monday, June 20th about 10am
>
> WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:
>
> 1.   Call, email or fax Governor Bredesen’s Office and offer your full
> support to your fellow Tennesseans that you stand with them and support
the
> call to stop the Cuts.
>
>
> “We know it is not too late to consider the dire needs of Tennesseans who
> are proposed to be cut.  We stand with those who are in Gov Bredesen’s
> Office and who are exercising their rights affording to them by US and
> Tennessee Constitutions to peacefully assemble and instruct you as a
> representative of all Tennesseans.”
>
>
> We know you are courageous and it is not too late to do the right thing
and
> to support the well-being of all Tennesseans. CORRECT TENNCARE, DON’T CUT
> IT.”
>
>
>
> Governor Bredesen’s Office:
>
> Phone: 615.741.2001
> Fax: 615.532.9711
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> 2.   Offer your support
>
> Call NPJC and let us know how you can help.  Or, that you want to help and
> we’ll let you know how. 321-9066
>
>
>
> 3.      CALL EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT:
> TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JUNE 21st Rally
>
> 5pm ­ 7pm, 8th & Church, In front of the TennCare Building
>
> Parking on the same corner.
>
>
>
> BACKGROUND ON SIT-IN:
>
> TennCare Enrollees Glen Barnhill, Wanda Eubanks, Lori Smith and others who
> are scared of the impact of the cuts and benefit limits on their lives
> gathered with other enrollees, clergy, medical professionals and allies to
> join together to go straight to the Governor with a plea to not cut
hundreds
> of thousands. SEE STATEMENT BELOW.
>
>
>
> WHO IS IN THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE:
>
> Glen Barnhill ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> TennCare Enrollee, Incomplete quadriplegic
>
> Losing in-home health care
>
>
>
> Wanda Eubanks ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Nurse, TennCare enrollee receiving Benefit Limits
>
> Had Heart Surgery, requires 8 medications for heart, Thyroid, and blood
> pressure.
>
>
>
> Rev. Henry Blaze ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Pastor ­ Progressive Baptist Church
>
>
>
> Dr. Ryan Hutchinson ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Physician for hundreds of TennCare Enrollees
>
>
>
> Don DeVaul ­ Westport, Tennessee
>
> TennCare Enrollee, Paralyzed Carpenter, Will be cut and is uninsurable
>
>
>
> Lori Smith ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> TennCare Enrollee (premium payer with full time job), Will be cut and is
> uninsurable
>
> Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus
>
>
>
> Lisa Abel ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> TennCare Enrollee, Massage Therapist, Will be cut and is uninsurable
>
> Skin cancer, gallstones, and uterine polyps
>
>
>
> Michael Bennett ­ Chattanooga, Tennessee
>
> Student ­ Fisk University
>
> Has 3 family members on TennCare
>
>
>
> Stan Davidson­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> TennCare Enrollee, Will be Cut
>
>
>
> Randy Alexander­ Memphis, Tennessee
>
> ADAPT Member,  Advocate for People with Disabilities and is Parapligic
>
>
>
> Lewis Patrick ­ Memphis, Tennessee
>
> ADAPT Member,  Advocate for People with Disabilities and is Parapligic
>
>
>
> Michael Henrich ­ Memphis, Tennessee
>
> ADAPT Member
>
>
>
> Pam Beziat­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Hospice Care Nurse and TennCare Enrollee who will be cut
>
>
>
> Karl Meyer ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Local Carpenter, Son survived because of TennCare, girl friend will be cut
> from TennCare
>
>
>
> David “Cowboy” Lutrell ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> TennCare enrollee will be cut and fears lack of health care will return
>
> Him to the streets
>
>
>
> Howard Allen ­ Nashville, Tennessee
>
> Uninsured, Member of Nashville Homeless Power Project
>
>
>
> And over a dozen others…
>
> ******
> GROUP STATEMENT:
>
>
>
> OUR CALL TO GOVERNOR BREDESEN
>
> June 20th, 2005
>
>
>
> WHO WE ARE
>
> We are here as a group of concerned Tennesseans.  Some of us are on
> TennCare, a few of us will be cut and all of us will be hurt by the cuts.
> Some of us are medical professionals and know the devastation that this
will
> have on our patients.  Some of us are people of faith who know that it is
> our duty to care for our fellow brothers and sisters when the are in harms
> way.  We are people with different cultures, backgrounds, and abilities
but
> all of us come with a common understanding that TennCare is essential for
> the most vulnerable in Tennessee.
>
>
>
> WHAT WE WANT
>
> We are here in the Governor’s Office, as afforded by the Constitution of
> Tennessee to assemble peaceably, to instruct the governor.  We call on the
> Governor to:
>
>
>
> (1) Halt all of the termination letters immediately, the process for
cutting
> enrollement, and the reduction of benefit limits.
>
>
>
> (2) Provide written agreement to resume talks before June 30th, to review
> reforms and revenue generation that could allow TennCare to be maintained
> for those who are proposed to be cut and receive benefit limits.
>
>
>
> a.     That these talks happen in manner fully accessible to the public.
>
> b.     That they engage enrollees and medical professionals chosen from
and
> with in this participating group.
>
>
>
> OUR RIGHTS
>
> The Capitol and the Governor's office are owned by the people of
Tennessee.
> We rely on our unalienable rights to reform government, to assemble
> peaceably, to instruct the Governor, and to apply for redress of
grievances,
> which are all clearly recognized in Sections 1, 2, and 23 of the Tennessee
> Constitution ( Declaration of Rights ) and in Article  XI,  Section 16.
>
>
>
> We will stay as long as we feel necessary, and return as often as we feel
> necessary, until the Governor provides us with a state policy that will
> fully protect the lives and rights of all TennCare recipients.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Leber, Director
>
> Nashville Peace and Justice Center
>
> 1016 18th Avenue, South
>
> Nashville, TN 37212
>
> (Phone) 615 321 9066
>
> (Fax) 615 320 8897
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> www.nashvillepeacejustice.org
>
>
>
> The Nashville Peace and Justice Center is a community based coalition of
> organizations and individuals dedicated to creating a peaceful and just
> society.
>
>
>
>
>
> "...There are millions of poor people in this country who have very
little,
> or even nothing, to lose. If they can be helped to take action together,
> they will do so with a  freedom and a power that will be a new and
> unsettling force in our complacent national life..." -- The Trumpet of
> Conscience, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, 1967
>
>
>
>
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