What’s being said about the failure to pass Medicaid expansion?

Now that the dust is settling, advocates say their frustrations are fueling them to push ahead. “Recognize the bravery that it took to even get this far,” said Mississippi’s Black Women’s Roundtable Executive Director Cassandra Welchlin. “But again, politics came into place, and that is unfortunate and really disappointing.” “We want to reach out to different communities,” explained Sylvia-Nicole Cecchi, Care4Mississippi Project Coordinator. “We want to talk one-on-one with people and we want to just clarify anything that they don’t really understand about Medicaid expansion and closing the coverage gap. So you know, we’re not going anywhere.”