Issue 03 of 12

Healthcare and Medicaid

Same questions to both candidates. Evidence label, source and date on every answer. How we check.

Marsha BlackburnRepublican · campaign site

Jerri GreenDemocrat · campaign site

Q1Medicaid expansion

Blackburn

Opposed Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion in past federal office. No 2026 gubernatorial position identified from sources reviewed.

Historical record. A dated primary record must be attached before this carries the Public record label.

Not establishedNo source: nothing found for this question

Green

Explicitly supports expanding Medicaid/TennCare to more low-income adults.

Blackburn

Proposes investment in rural healthcare, citing the Fentress County freestanding emergency room as an example of what the state should support.

Green

Proposes using Medicaid expansion and state investment to sustain rural hospitals and increase access.

Blackburn

No 2026 gubernatorial position identified from sources reviewed.

Not establishedNo source: nothing found for this question

Green

Proposes reducing drug costs and addressing pharmacy middlemen and hidden markups.

Blackburn

No 2026 gubernatorial position identified from sources reviewed.

Not establishedNo source: nothing found for this question

Green

Day One plan: notify Ballad Health of the state's intent to end its state-sanctioned arrangement in East Tennessee.

Notice of intent, not an immediate termination.

Blackburn

No 2026 gubernatorial position identified from sources reviewed.

Not establishedNo source: nothing found for this question

Green

Proposes declaring a maternal health crisis and directing resources toward prenatal and postpartum care.

Archived copies of every source as read on 2026-10-14 are kept for the corrections record. All sources.