TennCare Awards Dental

Benefits Contract

NASHVILLE — State officials announced today that Delta Dental was awarded the contract to serve as TennCare’s dental benefits manager (DBM).   The new contract will save the state an estimated $3.5 million in administrative costs over the three-year contract period.

     TennCare’s DBM is responsible for administering dental

‘99 Mercury Cougar, solid black, 2.5 V6, factory CD player, cold air, PL, PW, 2dr, sports type, mags, 135k miles, $2,200. 423-663-8392 (8/12) 

1992 Bonnieville, auto, body good, new Goodyear tires, runs $650. cash. Call 423-566-0845

1986 Mercury Grand Marquis, 302 motor, good running condition, air, $600. 423-569-3394 Serious calls only. (8/5)

1996 Toyota Corolla for sale...runs good… $989. For more information call 423-215-3733. (8/5)

FOR SALE: “95 Buick needs engine, 3800 (3.8), $400. 423-286-8073 (7/29)

Ken’s Auto Sales Good dependable vehicles. Buy, Sell, Trade. Hwy 27, Whitley City, KY. 606-310-0155. We also buy Gold & Silver, old coins, paper & Confederate and script money.

FOR SALE: Heavy duty trailer, 2 axle, 16’ asking $800. 423-569-4962 or 423-319-7154 (8/5)

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(2) ‘98 Ford Windstar Vans, both run good and both need transmission, very good bodies, $1,000. ea. 423-569-1274 or 423-215-5012 (8/12)

1997 GMC Sanoma 4X4 truck, automatic, air conditioning, radio, CD player, nice. $4,500. 606-376-2792 (8/5)

1995 Ford F800 Dump Truck. Single axle with a 5.9 Cummins engine 7spd transmission. mostly used in storm cleanups. The bed is 4ft high and 16ft long. have got tires for it that goes with the sale price. Just recently put a new starter on. asking $8,000.  423-663-3174 or 663-2040. Good truck. (8/5)

1985 S-10 Blazer, 4X4, 2dr, V6, auto, 5 mags, CD/stereo system, new transmission, Radiator, starter, more new parts can’t list. 865-441-8061

‘84 F150, 300/6cyl., auto, LWB $1,000. obo. 865-776-4829

FOR SALE: 1967 Ford Fairlane, XL, 2dr, HT, body, buckets, console, good title, rusty, $1,500. 270-678-1266 (8/5)

‘66 Chrysler Newport, 38k miles, rust free, $1,000. 606-376-4311 (7/22)

FOR SALE: Holley 750 Double Pumper 4 barrel carburetor, like new, $350. 423-569-8388 (8/5)

FOR SALE: bedliner for sm. Truck. $100. 606-376-2792 (8/5)

FOR SALE: Aluminum diamond plate tool box for sm truck $100. 606-376-2792 (8/5)

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FOR SALE: Chevy Cobalt motor and transmission, only has 8,000 miles on it. 2.2 motor $800. 606-875-2616 Somerset, KY (7/29)

FOR SALE: Chevy 8 lug Aluminum Rims 16” $325 for 4. 423-223-3601 (7/22)

FOR SALE: rear bump 7 radiator for ‘57 Chevy $150. each. 423-494-6828 Jacksboro (7/22)

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FOR SALE: V-hull boat & trailer $150. 423-215-6993 (8/5)

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FOR SALE: 6 wheeler, runs good, $1,500. 606-376-4311

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FOR SALE: 16’ aluminum boat 40hp Evinrude motor $800. obo. 606-376-4311 (7/22)

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FOR SALE: ’99 Honda 300 Fourtrax 4wheeler, runs great, brakes not so great. $500. 423-663-8438 (7/29)

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TennCare.  The DBM will also pay provider claims and provide member and outreach services.

      “TennCare looks forward to this new partnership which will allow children on TennCare to continue to receive quality dental care while saving state dollars,” said TennCare Director Darin Gordon.  “This is especially important in today’s economic times when more and more families rely on government assistance, and we will make sure our enrollees continue to receive care during the transition to this new dental network.”

     Delta Dental, along with five other competitors, presented proposals for the contract through the competitive bid process.  The state issued a request for proposal on May 27, 2010, and the six competitors sent in their proposals on June 8, 2010.  Delta Dental was the most competitive bidder, achieving the highest overall score and was awarded the three-year contract with two, optional one-year renewable periods. The value of the new contract over the three-year period is approximately $11.9 million assuming today’s enrollment numbers remain the same over the three-year period.  Delta will assume DBM responsibilities October 1, 2010.

     TennCare is Tennessee’s managed-care Medicaid program serving approximately 1.2 million low-income children, pregnant women and disabled Tennesseans, with an annual budget of $7 billion. +

     In other Tenncare Dental coverage for low-income children, pregnant women and disabled Tennesseans.

    Tenncare dental patients are receiving letters from there dentist that go something like this:

     We regret to inform you that we will no longer be a provider for any forms of Tenncare (Blue Care, Americhoice, Dentaquest) effective October 15th 2010. Due to budget cuts by the State of Tennessee, we no longer can provide the quality of care our patients deserve at the fees Tenncare is willing to pay. +

Senate Democrats Hope to Break GOP Filibuster over Jobless Benefits

     Senate Democrats are hoping to break a Republican filibuster today and approve extending unemployment benefits to millions of out-of-work Americans. If the Democrats secure enough votes, about 2.5 million people will receive jobless benefits retroactively, instead of being dropped from the federal program. On Monday, President Obama demanded the Senate take action.

   President Obama: "It’s time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics. It’s time to do what’s right, not for the next election, but for the middle class. We’ve got to stop blocking emergency relief for Americans who are out of work. We’ve got to extend

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benefits in a manner that insures an adequate network of dentists will provide quality, cost-effective care to more than 730,000 children on

unemployment insurance. We need to pass those tax cuts for small businesses and the lending for small businesses." Democracynow.org

Did BP Free the Lockerbie Bomber?

     Sen Frank Lautenberg has called for an investigation into whether BP lobbied the British government to prematurely release Abdel Basset al Megrahi, convicted of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland as a way to get access to Libyan oil. Al Megrahi was released last year on the grounds his prostrate cancer would kill him within three months. Last week, oncologist Dr Karol Sikora admitted al Megrahi “could live for another 10 years.”

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