Do you know how many people in Mississippi get medical help through Medicare and Medicaid? What you need to know about the programs, your community
Hundreds of thousands of poor, disabled or pregnant Mississippians could lose health care coverage if Congress slashes funding for Medicaid.
After two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in four Mississippians heavily relying on Medicaid,
As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.
Mississippi— has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot for most of our lives.
Gov. Tate Reeves is having none of it, however, balking at the feds’ benevolence with hardline recalcitrance toward expanding the Medicaid.
Do you know how many people in Mississippi get medical help through Medicare and Medicaid? What you need to know about the programs, your community
As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.
The talk of such dramatic changes to the federal-state program has Mississippi lawmakers concerned – and hesitant to push expansion this year.
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WAPT Jackson on MSNMississippi representatives weigh in on federal budget billAfter two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in four Mississippians heavily relying on Medicaid, Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson shares his concerns with the bill.
Social Security and Medicare have historically been considered untouchable because the main beneficiaries of those two programs — people in their 60s and above — are growing in number, and they turn out on Election Day.
The nation’s poorest state — Mississippi — has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other commonwealth. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot ...
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