Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation Thursday to solidify a full year of Medicaid coverage for women ...

If Reeves does sign the bill into law, Mississippi will no longer be the only state to neither extend postpartum coverage past 60 days or expanded Medicaid under the affordable care act.

The governor could extend postpartum Medicaid coverage right now, with his own signature, if he was truly moved to be the champion of Mississippi families he claims to be in today’s statement ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed legislation expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage in the state Mississippi ...

Otis Anthony, D-Indianola, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, after the committee passed legislation that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to a ...

which would extend postpartum coverage to 12 months. But House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) told reporters Wednesday that he wouldn’t allow the bill to get a vote in the House, because “we’re not for ...