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 state Capitol? This past week’s comments by state Rep. Jason White, who is widely expected to be this state’s speaker of the House starting in January. In an interview with Mississippi Today, White said that under his leadership, the House would be open to exploring the possibility of Medicaid expansion, something that had not happened during Philip Gunn’s tenure as head of that chamber.