The latest round of hospital closures and cuts suggest Mississippi’s health care “system is burning to the ground” while Gov. Tate Reeves rejects Medicaid expansion, Democratic candidate for governor Brandon Presley says.
“There is no end in sight to this crisis under Tate Reeves’ failed leadership,” he said in a July 14 statement.
KPC Promise Hospital in Vicksburg closed on June 8, Mississippi Today first reported on July 12. The next day, North Mississippi Health Services announced large-scale layoffs. On July 14, The Vicksburg Post reported that Merit Health River Region closed its behavior health unit in Warren County on June 30, transferring its 50 beds to Merit Health Central Mississippi in Jackson.