Medicaid expansion will launch Dec. 1 in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday after achieving what he’s sought for nearly seven years on the job and what’s possibly […]
Experts say Gov. Tate Reeves’ plan will help hospitals, but not uninsured Mississippians
Gov. Tate Reeves, after months of inaction, has unveiled a plan he says will turn Mississippi’s health care crisis around. However, even some health care experts were stumped by how the Governor’s proposed […]
Mississippi Medical Association has not always been out front on state’s health care issues
In 2002, during the 83-day special session, the longest in state history, members of the Mississippi Medical Association were out in full force in favor of legislation to provide health […]
Gov. Reeves Proposes Hospital Rescue Plan 47 Days Before Election
“Today’s announcement is too little, too late for hospitals who have already cut jobs and services, for KPC Promise Hospital that already shut down and for Greenwood-Leflore that could close […]
Longtime head of Mississippi Hospital Association let go by board
As Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plan to save Mississippi’s rural hospitals, the state hospital association’s longtime leader prepared for his last day at the organization. Tim Moore, who’s led […]
Mississippi GOP governor says his plan would aid hospitals; Democrat pushes for Medicaid expansion
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves released a proposal Thursday aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals, even as the Democrat who is trying to unseat him has spent […]
‘These are not good numbers’: Thousands more Mississippians, kids dropped from Medicaid
More than 16,000 Mississippians were dropped from Medicaid in August during the latest round of the agency’s disenrollments. The pandemic-era federal regulations that prevented state Medicaid agencies from disenrolling beneficiaries ended […]
Jason White is open to reason
There is hope. Mississippi may expand Medicaid to cover the working poor sooner than previously imagined. What provides this hope, after nearly a decade of stubborn Republican opposition at the […]
Are Republicans about to leave Gov. Tate Reeves behind on Medicaid expansion?
Gov. Tate Reeves, running for a second term this year, is traveling the state vowing he’ll continue to block Medicaid expansion, a policy that would provide health coverage to at […]
Opinion Memo to Democrats: To solve your rural problem, look to Mississippi
Mississippi is one of the most rural states in America, so it should not be surprising that the GOP controls every statewide office there and comfortable majorities in both houses […]
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Are Republicans about to leave Gov. Tate Reeves behind on Medicaid expansion?
In just one interview, the likely new House speaker bucked his party’s leader in a prolific way. But the candor of White’s statement was telling in itself. He acknowledged that […]
Local lawmakers open to, but skeptical of, Medicaid expansion
Several Northeast Mississippi representatives say they’re open to the idea of Medicaid expansion after incoming House Speaker Rep. Jason White said he plans to consider it, although some lawmakers remain […]
Podcast: Likely new speaker renews hope for Medicaid expansion
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance talk all things politics, ranging from House Pro Tem Jason White, expected to be elected new speaker, committing to studying Medicaid […]
Greenwood Leflore Hospital hits another roadblock in struggle to stay open
A financially struggling Delta hospital received another bit of bad news: its application for a federal designation that would bring in more money has been initially denied.The regional Centers for […]
Medicaid Expansion deserves careful consideration
Mississippi politicians rarely surprise me, but I almost fainted earlier this week when I read that Republican Jason White, the presumptive new speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, was […]
Likely new Speaker Jason White says Medicaid expansion ‘will be on table’
Republican Rep. Jason White, heir apparent to the House speakership, said Medicaid expansion, long a bugaboo for the state GOP, will be on the table and at least thoroughly vetted […]
Former Gov. Steve Beshear: Medicaid expansion changed course of Kentucky history
When former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear took office in 2007, the Bluegrass State had many challenges — not the least of which was lack of health care for working folks […]
Group members calling for Medicaid expansion make stop in Tupelo
A group aligned with the Democrat Party of Mississippi is calling for an expansion of Medicaid in the state. The organization known as “Save Our Hospitals” made a stop in […]
Poll: 92% of Mississippi voters concerned about hospital crisis, 72% favor Medicaid expansion
An overwhelming majority of Mississippians are concerned about the state’s hospital crisis, and voters by a large margin favor Medicaid expansion to provide health care for the working poor. A […]
Lawmakers will follow the leader
As he has several times previously, Brandon Presley pledged Wednesday, at a campaign stop in Greenwood, that he would act immediately to expand Medicaid if elected Mississippi’s governor in November. […]
‘A no-brainer’: Why former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe successfully pushed Medicaid expansion
Shortly after President Barack Obama ushered the Affordable Care Act through Congress, the U.S. states expanding Medicaid were for the most part Democratic-dominated states in the northeast and west coast […]
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards: Medicaid expansion ‘easiest big decision I ever made’
Two-term Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards calls expanding Medicaid as he took office in 2016 “the easiest big decision I have ever made” — and one that has had clear […]
Can a Mississippi governor expand Medicaid on his own? Depends on who you ask.
Mississippi Today interviewed two Deep South governors about why they chose to champion and pass Medicaid expansion in their states and what the outcomes have been. Those articles will publish […]