Medicaid Covers US: Mississippi
Medicaid is a vital health insurance plan that helps Mississippians stay healthy, go to work and care for their families. Read and watch the stories below to hear from Mississippians across the state who are able to use Medicaid to access the health coverage they need, as well as from Mississippians who are unable to […]
Podcast: Hospital Association head talks Medicaid expansion, state of Mississippi’s health care
Mississippi Hospital Association President Tim Moore says the state’s health care providers are teetering financially and that once pandemic stimulus funds run dry “It’s going to be time to pay the band.” MHA has pushed for Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation, to adopt Medicaid expansion and accept about $1 billion a year in […]
Mississippi officials did what South Dakota leaders couldn’t — block Medicaid expansion
The South Dakota Republican leadership, like many of their counterparts in Mississippi, oppose accepting federal funds to provide health insurance for primarily the working poor. In South Dakota, the Republican leadership tried to prevent approval of an upcoming citizen-sponsored ballot initiative that would mandate the expansion of Medicaid if passed by voters in November. In […]
Mac Gordon: Delta Council endorsing Medicaid expansion
Most Mississippians wouldn’t know the Delta Council from the Council on Aging, the Mississippi Economic Council or the Pushmataha Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. However, the organization based at Stoneville in Washington County has played a huge role in Mississippi’s economic position, that of keeping agriculture alive and well. That’s been no […]
‘It makes it hard to work’: The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi
Briana Wright has worked all her adult life. The 27-year-old Kosciusko resident has been a crew member at McDonald’s for three years. Before that, she worked for Tyson Foods, where she mostly hung chickens for processing. Wright is stuck in what is commonly referred to as the healthcare coverage gap. She is one of the 300,000 or […]
Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi- What’s at Stake
Since 2014, states have had the option to expand Medicaid eligibility to adults with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty level ($18,754 annually for an individual), with the federal government picking up no less than 90 percent of the cost. States have seen significant budget savings from Medicaid expansion because the federal contribution […]