Opinion | ‘Mississippi Health Care Is Broken’: Putting Politics Over Patients Harms All
Amy Bogue writes that legislators must work together to fully expand Medicaid to support Mississippi’s health-care providers, hospitals and patients.
Amy Bogue writes that legislators must work together to fully expand Medicaid to support Mississippi’s health-care providers, hospitals and patients.
Medicaid expansion is worth considering, says Rep. Sam Creekmore, the new chairman of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee.
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley drew sharp contrasts over their views on policies to help rural hospitals and cut taxes while trading blows over accusations of corruption during the only debate of the campaign Wednesday night.
A “sweeping series of Medicaid reimbursement reforms” could bring Mississippi’s hospitals an extra $689 million yearly, Gov. Tate Reeves announced at a Thursday press conference in Jackson, Miss.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is looking for a new owner for the second time since 2022 and could fail unless the State of Mississippi expands Medicaid, the mayor of Greenwood, Miss., is warning.
A leading U.S. medical journal that doctors of all specialties regularly read systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans’ health.
The number of rural hospitals at risk of closing in Mississippi is now 28, down from 38 late last year, reports the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Center For Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
Senate Bill 2372 requires each hospital receiving the funds to submit a report to the lieutenant governor and the Mississippi speaker of the house describing the “overall patient census” by Dec. 1, 2023.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said the state is “in a crisis mode here on the short term” when he addressed the problem of hospital closures at a Jan. 3, 2022, press conference.
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