Medicaid Expansion Talks Crumble As Lieutenant Governor Nixes Ballot Referendum Proposal
Mississippi’s first serious effort to expand Medicaid is crumbling amid a clash between the House and Senate over work requirements.
Mississippi’s first serious effort to expand Medicaid is crumbling amid a clash between the House and Senate over work requirements.
A Medicaid expansion plan that may not expand care to working Mississippians without a federal waiver will get a vote.
The fate of health care for thousands of Mississippians could depend on former President Donald Trump winning November’s presidential election despite dozens of felony charges under a Medicaid expansion compromise proposal that state senators offered on Friday morning.
Black Voters Matter and the American Cancer Society’s American Cancer Network hosted a talk on Medicaid expansion in Jackson, Miss., on April 20, 2024.
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage.
Advocates for Medicaid expansion rallied at the Mississippi Capitol Building in Jackson, Miss., this week as the Legislature began negotiations.
Medicaid expansion plans that could cover tens or hundreds of thousands more Mississippians have now passed both the state Senate and House, but with key
All registered Mississippi voters could be able to cast a ballot up to 15 days before an election under an early-voting bill the House passed.
Republican lawmakers who are trying to protect in-vitro fertilization treatments risk legalizing “back-door abortion,” a state official claims.
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