The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) on MSN13d
As Mississippi session passes halfway point, Medicaid expansion looks unlikely. See why
Mississippi lawmakers are unlikely to expand Medicaid this year as they wait to see how federal funding for the program might ...
OKC Thunder Wire1d
Medicare, Medicaid numbers: How many people use federal health insurance in Mississippi?
Do you know how many people in Mississippi get medical help through Medicare and Medicaid? What you need to know about the ...
InsuranceNewsNet2h
New Mississippi Division of Medicaid director shares information with lawmakers, addresses concerns
Lawmakers heard from new Mississippi Division of Medicaid Executive Director Cindy Bradshaw on Monday in a joint legislative meeting with House and Senate members. Mississippi's current budget for the ...
Mississippi Today7d
As Congress moves toward potential Medicaid cuts, expansion grows more unlikely in Mississippi
The talk of such dramatic changes to the federal-state program has Mississippi lawmakers concerned – and hesitant to push ...
UPI3d
Trimming Medicaid would be hard, despite GOP lawmakers' goal
Ten states haven't expanded Medicaid yet. Two of them, Georgia and Mississippi, have seriously considered doing so. In an interesting coincidence, Medicaid itself costs around $880 billion a year ...
The Yazoo Herald5dOpinion
More Medicaid worries
Social Security and Medicare have historically been considered untouchable because the main beneficiaries of those two ...
WAPT Jackson on MSN7d
Mississippi representatives weigh in on federal budget bill
After two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in ...
Forbes12d
Medicaid Cuts Still Are On The Table. How They Could Affect Seniors
The federal share varies widely, from 60 percent in Massachusetts to 82 percent states such as Mississippi and West Virginia. Congress is mulling at least four ways to cut federal Medicaid spending.
Colorado Times Recorder2d
What Is the Health Care Program Called Medicaid That Republicans Want To Cut? And Who Relies on It?
Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they ...
Advocates push for Medicaid expansion in holdout Alabama
Advocates have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand ...
USA Today13d
As Mississippi session passes halfway point, Medicaid expansion looks unlikely. See why
Mississippi lawmakers are unlikely to expand Medicaid this year as they wait to see how federal funding for the program might change. Both the House and Senate have "dummy bills" related to ...