Why many House Democrats say they’ll vote against a bill that is ‘Medicaid expansion in name only’ by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 30, 2024 For a decade, House Democrats have been beating the drum — often when it seemed no one else was listening — to expand Medicaid to provide health care for working poor Mississippians. It looks as though a large majority of those House Democrats as early as Wednesday will vote against and possibly kill a bill that purports to expand Medicaid.
House agrees to work requirement, Senate concedes covering more people in Medicaid expansion deal But they expressed disappointment with the final agreement worked out between House and Senate leaders with the non-negotiable work requirement. They said they had informed House leaders all along that they would oppose a compromise that included a work requirement.
Back-and-forth: House, Senate swap Medicaid expansion proposals, counter offersThis article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today’s senior capitol reporter, covers politics, government and the Mississippi State Legislature. He also writes a weekly news analysis which is co-published in newspapers statewide.
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