TennCare recipient Terry Shields sits at his kitchen table in Jamestown, Tenn. with some of the prescription drugs he needs to survive. He fears being cut off from TennCare-Medicaid insurance because of a state budget crunch, and won't be able to afford the medicines on his own.

First published in the June 17, 2010, 6:59 a.m. edition

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