Mississippi's Health Care Crisis

Leaders are ignoring the Mississippi health care crisis.
We aren’t.

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Experts dispel fears that Medicaid expansion is too costly for Mississippi

National studies and experts in Medicaid expansion states refute concerns voiced in Mississippi’s legislative conference committee that costs to the state would exceed projections.

by Kate Royals and Sophia Paffenroth April 26, 2024April 26, 2024

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Her grandfather helped bring Medicaid to Mississippi 55 years ago. Today, she’s pushing for expansion.

April 24, 2024April 25, 2024

Medicaid expansion negotiators still far apart after first public meeting

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

North Mississippi business leaders urge Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion

April 22, 2024April 23, 2024

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We have launched a long-term project that focuses on the imminent crisis and potential solutions to it — including Medicaid expansion. Our project will, first and foremost, thoroughly define the extent of the Mississippi health care crisis. We will also define what, exactly, Medicaid is. And perhaps most importantly, we will squarely confront the politics of the crisis.

One year from now, when all 174 legislative seats and eight statewide offices are on the ballot, every voter will have the ability to intimately understand where their leaders stand on the health care crisis and what they have done — or not done — to address it. We’ll make sure of it.

Adam Ganucheau,
Editor-in-Chief

Leaders are ignoring the Mississippi health care crisis. We aren’t.

Our state’s leaders do not appear to be in any hurry to address Mississippi’s grim and growing health care crisis. So we’re launching a project to help hold them accountable.