Heartland Forward is addressing U.S. maternal health and negative pregnancy outcomes that results in $165.3 billion in ...
State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income residents and supporting struggling rural hospitals.
Mississippi is one of the poorest states and has some of the worst health outcomes. Some business leaders, clergy members and ...
Policy recommendations include expanding postpartum Medicaid benefits. Advocates call for extending postpartum Medicaid benefits to a full year (instead of the current 60 days required by federal ...
House Medicaid Chair Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, told reporters that she delivered a proposal to Senate negotiators on Thursday morning that would have allowed voters to have the final say on a ...
The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid could be crumbling.
The 2024 Legislative session will wrap up this weekend. During this session, Mississippi lawmakers adopted a new public education funding formula, passed a measure ...
A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan ...
Efforts to expand Medicaid to roughly 200,000 Mississippians during the 2024 Legislative Session have died. Negotiations broke down between House and Senate leaders ...
Mississippi lawmakers are set to vote on a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage, potentially benefiting tens of thousands more people. The proposal includes a work requirement that might not ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal that would expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more people, but it includes a work requirement that ...