NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports2,500 Call Tenncare Spend Down Hotline Tuesday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Department of Human Services reports receiving 2,500 calls Tuesday to a special hotline.

The phone line was to request an application to participate in the "standard spend down waiver" for TennCare. The waiver is targeted to individuals who have very low incomes or very high medical bills. It is aimed at a specific group of adults: aged, blind, disabled or the relative caretaker of a Medicaid-eligible child. "spend down" refers to the threshold to qualify.

The 2,500 callers will now be screened.

The hotline has since been closed.

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