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Trey Moore, Director of Policy
As the Director of Policy, Trey is responsible for overseeing all Beacon Center policy projects and initiatives, serving as the point-person for the organization to policymakers, and conducting outreach and building coalitions to advance the Center’s mission. Prior to joining Beacon, Trey spent two years with The Windrow Group, a Nashville-based corporate strategy and government [...]
July 3rd, 2005 | Recent News | Read MoreRemember Why Freedom Matters This Independence Day
By Amy Williams America is the “land of the free” but how well do we as Americans understand and appreciate the value of freedom? Throughout the centuries, human desire for freedom has remained constant. America is the “land of the free” but how well do we as Americans understand and appreciate the value of freedom? [...]
June 30th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreTennCare Reform Needs Market Forces
By Trapper Michael Former AOL chairman Steve Case has a vision of consumer-driven health care and $500 million to realize it. Case last month introduced Revolution, a health, wellness and resort company with a comprehensive consumer-driven health care element. Former AOL chairman Steve Case has a vision of consumer-driven health care and $500 million to [...]
June 28th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreConsider Another Way to Deliver Healthcare than Public Clinic
By Dr. Robert S. Berry Over the next few weeks, approximately 226,000 individuals will receive a TennCare disenrollment letter notifying them that they will soon join the over 500,000 Tennesseans who are already uninsured. Over the next few weeks, approximately 226,000 individuals will receive a TennCare disenrollment letter notifying them that they will soon join [...]
June 16th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreRefund Surplus by Cutting Grocery Tax
Drew Johnson As the word leaked of a $272 million state revenue surplus, special interest groups as diverse as cattle farmers and teachers’ unions scurried, hands outstretched, to the Tennessee Capitol looking for a cut. The governor and the state’s lawmakers met them at the door and greased greedy palms with pork projects and pay [...]
June 4th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreYou Don't Have To Take That Property Assessment Sitting Down
By Anthony Sanders, JD This spring in Nashville and over much of Tennessee, government workers are finalizing one of the most ominous acts in the life of a homeowner: property assessment. This assessment sets the amount of property tax owed by each individual homeowner. This spring in Nashville and over much of Tennessee, government workers [...]
May 15th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreReducing Red Tape Can Make Care Affordable
By Robert Berry, MD Today marks the end of “Cover the Uninsured Week,” an eight-day media campaign spearheaded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to endorse universal health care coverage for Americans. Today marks the end of “Cover the Uninsured Week,” an eight-day media campaign spearheaded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to endorse universal [...]
May 5th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreMarket Incentives Put Organ Donors First
By David J. Undis April is National Donate Life Month and a time to consider the importance of becoming an organ donor and offering the gift of life to others. Now, an innovative, voluntary network of organ donors can offer that same gift back to you—all you have to do is sign your donor card. [...]
April 25th, 2005 | Commentary | Read MoreSuzanne Michel, Director of Administration
Suzanne Michel is the Director of Administration at the Beacon Center of Tennessee. Suzanne is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Center. Prior to joining the Beacon Center, Suzanne worked for Congressman Bob Goodlatte in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Suzanne obtained her BS in Business Administration [...]
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