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In Mississippi, Medicaid coverage for pregnant women 19 and older is based on income. A woman in that age category who has no dependents can receive up to about $29,000 and qualify for Medicaid ...
A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the worst rate of infant mortality ...
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid is still waiting on federal approval to launch its new presumptive eligibility program for pregnant women. Mississippi Medicaid prenatal care access program ...
Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation's worst rate of infant mortality. With ...
Medicaid has increased from 20% to 71% in the same time. In 2006, Medicaid contributed $1.3 billion to public family planning. [4] The 1.9 billion spent on publicly funded family planning in 2008 saved an estimated $7 billion in short term Medicaid costs. [5]
While in 1971 the federal budget for Family Planning was only six million dollars, by 1972 it was almost 62 million. [3] In 1972, Congress passed a bill requiring a state's Medicaid program to cover family planning services for low income families. [9] Under this provision, the federal government covers 90% of the states' expenditures. [10]
The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services was created in 2016 by Mississippi Legislature. This separated it from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Mississippi Senate Bill 2179 was signed by Governor Phil Bryant in May 2016. MDCPS is an independent agency with its commissioner joining the Governor's cabinet.
The Mississippi Legislature has sent a bill to the governor's desk that aims to expand Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women. House Bill 539 was approved by the Senate on Wednesday with a 48-4 ...