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 on August 24.
Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, has at times spoken of expanding Medicaid through executive action without approval of the Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature should he win the November general election.
“Day 1, I’m going to expand Medicaid so that 220,000 working Mississippians can get access to affordable healthcare,” Presley wrote on social media in July.