Yahoo

Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...
WAPT

Mississippi will allow quicker Medicaid coverage during pregnancy to try to help women and babies

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 nation’s worst rate of infant ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

New Mississippi Division of Medicaid director shares information with lawmakers, addresses concerns

Mississippi Medicaid's budget topped $8 billion this year, with nearly a billion coming from direct state support for the over 700,000 enrollees. Bradshaw told legislators that within Mississippi, the ...
The Hill

Mississippi has the nation’s worst infant mortality. It will allow earlier Medicaid to help babies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...
PBS

Mississippi is closer than ever to expanding Medicaid. What are the barriers?

If Mississippi were to expand Medicaid, Brandon Allred thinks he could finally get the cancer screens he is certain he needs. Allred, 35, works full-time to support his family of six children in ...