Tennessee Health Insurance For Unemployed
Tennessee residents who are between jobs can now purchase health insurance coverage through CoverTN. A new category within CoverTN called Tennesseans Between Jobs, provides Tennessee health insurance coverage to individuals who have worked at least one 20 hour week in the last six months while earning less than $43,000annually.
Tennesseans Between Jobs is also open to individuals who have had their work hours reduced to below 20 per week in the last six months.
Those who are enrolled in the program pay two-thirds of their monthly health insurance premiums and the state of Tennessee picks up the remaining third.
With today’s state of the economy, and unemployment rates expected to continue their upward climb, this recent move by the state of Tennessee seems like a move in the right direction and one that other states should take note of — particularly states with above average unemployement rates.
In the absense of a state subsidized health insurance plan like CoverTN, the best option for individuals in-between jobs who believe that they will only be unemployed for a short period of time is a short term health insurance plan, but they can generally available for up to 180 days and many times cannot be removed
