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Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Kevin Blackwell, a Republican from Southaven, said about 80,000 people would become eligible for coverage but he thought about half that number would enroll.
A Mississippi Senate Committee moved forward an amended Medicaid expansion bill Wednesday that seeks to provide free healthcare to about 80,000 of the state's poorest working people.
Senate passes Medicaid expansion "lite": Mississippi Senate passes Medicaid 'expansion lite,' banks on Trump victory in November At the same time, a top priority for both Hosemann and White is tax ...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is the primary state health agency of the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It was established in 1877 as the Mississippi State Board of Health and was renamed in 1982. It provides a number of public health services to Mississippi residents. [1]
Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Kevin Blackwell, a Republican from Southaven, said about 80,000 people would become eligible for coverage but he thought about half that number would enroll ...
The House voted by a wide bipartisan margin in late February to expand Medicaid coverage to about 200,000 people who earn up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $20,120 annually for one person. Mississippi has about 3 million residents, and its Medicaid program covered 374,823 people in March.
A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that is unlikely to receive ...
Read more about House Medicaid version Mississippi House passes state's first Medicaid expansion bill Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at ...