Galloway Church holds lectures supporting health care access, Medicaid expansion

The lecture series provided an opportunity for the faith community to get involved in the conversation around health care access. It’s also significant because Galloway is the home church of Gov. Tate Reeves, the state’s most high-profile opponent of expanding Medicaid. Dr. Dan Jones, former chancellor of the University of Mississippi, and one of the weekend’s lecturers, said this moment compares to 2020, when faith leaders and groups like the Mississippi Baptist Convention voiced support for changing the state flag shortly before the Legislature succeeded in passing it. “I think there’s a lot of relationship between what happened with the flag and what can happen with Medicaid expansion… It’s time for Mississippians to decide we’ll treat everybody fairly and that everybody will have access to health care, just like we finally decided we would have a flag that can represent all Mississippians.”