Bill Lee

Did you just walk away from federal funding for TN rural communities through the Rural Transformation Grant because you didn’t want APRNs to be able to practice to the full extent of their education by granting them Full Practice Authority?

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Tennessee has no state income tax, which you have championed as a competitive advantage — however, the state's reliance on sales taxes places a proportionally higher burden on lower-income residents; do you support any adjustments to Tennessee's tax structure to address this regressivity while preserving the state's fiscal model?

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Tennessee ranks among the states with the highest rates of uninsured residents, and the state has not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act — given ongoing rural hospital closures across the state, will you reconsider pursuing Medicaid expansion or an alternative coverage mechanism to address this access gap?

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Tennessee's fast-growing cities and suburbs face significant infrastructure strain from population growth — how are you ensuring that state transportation, water, and broadband investments are distributed equitably between high-growth urban counties and underserved rural communities, and what formula guides those allocation decisions?