New moms who cannot afford private insurance will be eligible for a year of postpartum Medicaid coverage starting in July after Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2212 into law without fanfare today.
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.
Mississippi’s health care crisis is worsening as hospitals close and lawmakers continue to resist expanding Medicaid, the Mississippi State Medical Association warned.
For Mississippi Hospital Association President and CEO Tim Moore, the 2021 Mississippi Legislative session was a breaking point. “I’ll be honest with you,” he told
It does not appear to be much of a priority to CVS and Walgreens to vaccinate long-term care residents, who are our patients and someone else’s mother or father. These large retail pharmacies have had the vaccine since last month, and while improving a little on the volume they have been able to vaccinate, they have been far outpaced by MSDH and physicians statewide.
Almost 500 unfilled slots for COVID-19 vaccine appointments remained available for today by Sunday evening along with 400 unfilled openings for Tuesday.
A North Mississippi psychiatrist alleges that a hospital fired her after she refused to admit more elderly patients into a unit with a woman she suspected had COVID-19.
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