Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who ran in 2019 promising to “say no” to Medicaid expansion, announced Sunday that he supports an extension of Medicaid coverage to mothers who are up to 12-months postpartum, a move he says is part of the “new pro-life agenda” that he has called for since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Reeves, who appears likely to face a Democratic challenger in November that supports even further expansion of Medicaid, took to social media Sunday afternoon to announce his support for extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to one year.