Hospital execs strike urgent note on alternatives to Medicaid expansion
The Mississippi Legislature is set to adjourn April 7 with no deal in sight on a federal offer to expand Medicaid. The ticking clock has executives of hospitals around the state worried that time will...
View ArticleFlorida, Arkansas looking at hybrid approaches to Medicaid expansion
As deadlines near for state legislatures to either accept or reject the Obama administration’s offer of billions of dollars to expand Medicaid, the governors of Arkansas and Florida are working to...
View ArticleMEC steps back from Medicaid expansion argument
The Mississippi Economic Council, the statewide business organization that produced a “blueprint” for Mississippi health care last year, is staying out of the intense legislative debate over whether to...
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View ArticleCenter for Justice: Bryant lacks real awareness of health care needs
Gov. Phil Bryant’s pronouncement last week that hospital emergency room access ensures that all Mississippians have health care reflects a poor understanding of how healthcare works for many of the...
View ArticleRanks of Bryant’s Medicaid holdout partners thins as Fla.’s Scott takes deal
The number of governors refusing to accept the federal offer of hundreds of millions of dollars for expanding Medicaid to their state’s working poor is dwindling, with Florida Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday...
View ArticleGovernor of Tennessee joins peers refusing Medicaid plan
Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee has rejected expansion of Medicaid in his state over impatience with the Obama administration’s for approval of his proposal to let the state use the money to buy private...
View ArticleMississippi doctors, hospitals take different stands on Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Mississippi — With a legislative showdown expected any day now over expanding Medicaid to about 300,000 of the state’s uninsured working poor, the Mississippi State Medical Association has...
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