Facing a Thursday deadline for passage, the state Senate leadership has refused to detail its Medicaid expansion plan, leaving members in the dark and health experts worried the plan could […]
Mississippi manufacturers voice support for Medicaid expansion plan
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association voiced support for the House Medicaid expansion plan, which would make Mississippi the 41st state to expand Medicaid to cover the working poor, in a social media post. The […]
Still time to do the right thing. Gov. Reeves, expand Medicaid. It is the right thing to do
Jonathan Tate Reeves, you are by all accounts a gentleman and a scholar. You are a graduate of Millsaps College, which prepares you to be both. You’re from high-quality people. […]
New poll breaks down support for Medicaid expansion in Mississippi
New polling of likely Republican primary voters in Mississippi suggests that many of them support Medicaid expansion. According to an American Cancer Society and Cygnal poll, more than half of Mississippi […]
Medicaid Expansion bill now resides in Senate; No word on when it’ll come up for a vote
”This has been a tremendous leap for Mississippi,” said Sylvia-Nicole Cecchi, who’s the Project Coordinator for Care4Mississippi. “We’re just excited to see that our legislators are finally bridging the gap between public […]
‘Moral imperative’: House overwhelmingly passes Mississippi Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion, which for more than a decade has been blocked by legislative leaders, passed the House Wednesday 98-20 in less than 15 minutes and now advances to the Senate. […]
‘Mississippians need access to affordable healthcare’: advocates urging lawmakers to expand Medicaid
The calls for Medicaid expansion are growing louder. Thursday, the group “Care 4 Mississippi” gathered at the courthouse, pleading for your lawmakers to pass legislation on this issue. One of […]
Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion
Mississippi’s new House speaker, Jason White, a Republican, has said he wants to protect hospitals and keep residents from seeking regular care through the emergency room. More than 120,000 uninsured […]
Medicaid Expansion Bill Coming By Monday, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Hosemann Says
A Medicaid expansion bill will arrive in the Mississippi Senate by Monday, beginning a process that could provide health care to about 230,000 working Mississippians, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says. […]
Mississippi lawmakers file seven Medicaid expansion bills
The first legislative deadline of the 2024 session has come and gone. Thousands of bills have been filed, giving us a glimpse as to what the rest of the session […]
Hosemann announces Senate Medicaid expansion bill
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Thursday the Senate will have a bill by Monday’s deadline to expand Mississippi Medicaid to cover the working poor. Hosemann said the bill will likely […]
Despite Tate Reeves’ win, Medicaid expansion sure is on the table
A time-honored political adage is that “elections have consequences.” Tate Reeves was reelected governor in 2023 as a long-time opponent of Medicaid expansion. Hence, the consequence is that there is […]
House health care committee leadership changes signal Medicaid expansion debate
Speaker Jason White on Friday appointed new people to lead the two House committees with jurisdiction over health policy, signaling a desire to shift the focus of health care debate […]
Mississippi House leadership team reflects new speaker’s openness to Medicaid expansion
The new speaker of the Mississippi House on Friday announced his leadership team for this four-year term, making a significant change by choosing a new chairman who supports his wish […]
Ledbetter talks expanded health coverage through private-public partnership
As to how to improve the state’s quality of health care, Ledbetter floated the idea of expanding Medicaid with a privatized approach, saying that discussions on the idea among Legislative […]
IN SESSION: Could legislative response to Mississippi’s healthcare crisis shift this year?
Some feel the new state administration could also mean a change in the direction of the Mississippi healthcare crisis response. Robert Johnson III, D-Natchez, who represents Mississippi’s 94th District inclusive of […]
Mississippi’s New Medicaid Redetermination Is Evil
Medicaid is a public health-insurance program for Americans with limited income and resources, including eligible low-income adults, children, the elderly, pregnant women and people living with disabilities. The U.S. government […]
CMS says states could lose funding over Medicaid redeterminations issues
Federal regulators are cracking down on the growing number of procedural disenrollments during ongoing Medicaid redeterminations, warning that states could lose federal funding and face fines if they fail to follow […]
The South is ‘the epicenter’ of a new HIV crisis. Medicaid expansion could help.
If Mississippi alongside the other six southern states affected by the surge in HIV cases expanded Medicaid, the program would provide more federal funds for the poorest people, including making […]
Mississippi House GOP Selects Jason White For Speaker; Nominee Open to Medicaid Expansion
Mississippi House Republicans have nominated Rep. Jason White, R-West, to serve as the new House speaker in the 2024 legislative session. He has expressed an openness to considering Medicaid expansion—a policy […]
Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week
To qualify for Medicaid under the new guidelines, a single person can make up to $20,120 annually in pretax income, while a household of four can make up to $41,400 […]
Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
Low-income families that need safety-net services, such as food and cash assistance, have become collateral damage in the bureaucratic scramble to determine whether tens of millions of people still qualify for Medicaid […]
The Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say
Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is […]
Conflating Medicaid with welfare is unfair comparison
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ disparaging tone when referring to Medicaid as “welfare” was a political theme we could’ve done without in this year’s gubernatorial race. The Republican governor began using […]