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Thursday, December 02, 2004Attempts at reforming rather than killing TennCare have been stalled by an advocacy group called The Tennessee Justice Center. Turns out, the attorneys at the Justice Center are making a killing on their lawsuits, all at the expense of TennCare: The Tennessee Justice Center has received millions of dollars in court-ordered payments from TennCare, but the executive director of the nonprofit legal advocacy group says that isn't the motivation behind its legal challenges. ...In all, Tennessee has spent $11.3 million since 1998 to defend against class-action lawsuits from the center, paying both consultants and the public advocacy group's legal fees when they repeatedly defeat state attorneys in court, records show. Sen. David Fowler, R-Signal Mountain and a member of the TennCare Oversight Committee, said the state has no choice but to pay the legal fees if a judge orders it. ``It's unfortunate that money is being spent on legal services rather than citizen services,'' Fowler said. ``But if the Justice Center wants to sue, we have to defend.'' All that money, and they're still running at a deficit. Maybe they need to cut their salaries. posted by Sydney on 12/02/2004 07:53:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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