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Prenatal care for poor women may be a casualty of political infighting
A lawmaker playing hardball may cost poor pregnant women a policy that would help them receive timely prenatal care.
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As Congress moves toward potential Medicaid cuts, expansion grows more unlikely in Mississippi
Hundreds of thousands of poor, disabled or pregnant Mississippians could lose health care coverage if Congress slashes ...
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Mississippi representatives weigh in on federal budget bill
After two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in ...
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Mac Gordon: Medicaid expansion remains a long shot
Mississippi— has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other. We’ve lived off the ...
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Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low ...
Advocates push for Medicaid expansion in holdout Alabama
Advocates have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand ...
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House Democrats say they have been shut out of legislative discussions
House Republicans hold a supermajority and have scuttled the priorities of Democrats with little input from the minority ...
Opinion
MS finds federal money it won't take after taking more federal money per capita than other states
Gov. Tate Reeves is having none of it, however, balking at the feds’ benevolence with hardline recalcitrance toward expanding the Medicaid.
Medicaid Cuts Still Are On The Table. How They Could Affect Seniors
Some of those reductions could explicitly target Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS), such as personal assistance ...
The first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature
Joyce Yip, a 39-year-old entrepreneur in southern China's Guangzhou, has a new celebrity crush: Melania Trump. The two-time ...
As Mississippi session passes halfway point, Medicaid expansion looks unlikely. See why
As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in ...