Devna Bose

Devna Bose, a Neshoba County native, covered community health. She is a 2019 graduate of the University of Mississippi, where she studied print journalism and was a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Before joining Mississippi Today, Devna reported on education at Chalkbeat Newark and at the Post and Courier’s Education Lab, and on race and social justice at the Charlotte Observer. Her work has appeared in the Hechinger Report, the Star-Ledger and the Associated Press, and she has appeared on WNYC to discuss her reporting. Devna has been awarded for her coverage of K-12 education in the Carolinas.

House Democrats will file this session’s first bill aimed at expanding Medicaid in Mississippi — and the most comprehensive proposal to date.

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Devna Bose

House Democrats unveil Mississippi’s first major Medicaid expansion plan

‘The life and breath of communities’: Hospital leaders say Medicaid expansion still needed

Proposal to create Delta health authority draws fire from area’s lawmakers

Is Mississippi Medicaid stalling on timely health care for Mississippi moms?

Lawmakers work on remedy for hospital grant program failures

‘My only hope’: Inside one Mississippi woman’s quest for Medicaid coverage

A small town struggles to survive in the heart of Mississippi’s hospital crisis

‘Better than it was’: Mississippi health report card shows mixed results

Report highlights strengths, weaknesses of Mississippi’s pandemic response

Coalition of 36 organizations pushes lawmakers for Medicaid expansion in Mississippi

Q&A: Rev. Charlton Johnson on seeing Medicaid expansion not as a financial issue, but a moral necessity

Dozens of Uber rides requested in first month of health access program

Nearly 100,000 Mississippians have been kicked off Medicaid coverage since June

Feds approve part of Gov. Reeves’ plan to help Mississippi hospitals

Governor’s allies on advisory board thwart effort to give poor moms timely health care