christy frink

The state money for neighborhood clinics came into being as a safety net after nearly 200,000 people off the Tennessee’s Medicaid program TennCare.

But $4 million from the health department to help dozens of neighborhood health clinics around state would go away under a plan presented to the governor late Monday.

“It’s likely these reductions will result in many Tennesseans going without basic care, and many of these faith-based and neighborhood clinics may close,” Health Commissioner Susan Cooper told the governor.