Opinion | Medicaid Expansion Will Boost Health-Care Systems and Create More Jobs
Duvalier Malone writes that Medicaid expansion will be a turning point for Mississippi’s health-care system and an economic boost for the entire state.
Duvalier Malone writes that Medicaid expansion will be a turning point for Mississippi’s health-care system and an economic boost for the entire state.
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.
Dozens of struggling Mississippi hospitals could soon receive $103 million in grant awards that could help keep them afloat if Gov. Tate Reeves signs Senate Bill 2372 and House Bill 271 into law after the Legislature sent both bills to his desk this week.
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.
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.
Doctors are warning that the pandemic has broken Mississippi’s health-care system, and now as omicron washes over the state, doctors and nurses are exhausted and rushing to catch up.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, the state leader who is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, claimed during an interview with The Daily Signal that the pro-abortion rights side ignores the plight of women and children in poverty.
Yes On 76 organizers hope to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot in Mississippi for the November 2022 election. If voters adopted it, around 200,000 working Mississippians who cannot currently afford health insurance would become eligible for the Medicaid program.
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