Opinion | ‘Mississippi Health Care Is Broken’: Putting Politics Over Patients Harms All

Too many Mississippians are caught in the “coverage gap” where they make “too much” for Medicaid, but “not enough” to cover affordable private insurance. This traps Mississippians in cycles of poverty and debt and makes it even more challenging for them to afford the care they need. That forces families in Mississippi to make an impossible choice between getting the health care they need and paying for rent, gas and groceries.