Medicaid expansion debate stirs memories of family medical debt for Mississippi senator by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today April 25, 2024 As clergy, physicians and business leaders have for weeks rallied at the state Capitol to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor, observers can often spot the same conservative lawmaker listening attentively on the sidelines. Sen.
The House and Senate this week are locked in negotiations on a final expansion bill after the two chambers passed vastly different proposals. The House’s initial plan aimed to expand health care coverage to upwards of 200,000 Mississippians, and accept $1 billion a year in federal money to cover it, as most other states have done.
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