PERRspectives: Health Insurers to Skip Half of Mississippi Counties

PERRspectives: Health Insurers to Skip Half of Mississippi Counties
"Not that Mississippians had much luck to begin with. Ranked dead last in the Commonwealth Fund's ranking of state health care systems, the Magnolia state has almost 500,000 people without health insurance, nearly 20 percent of its adult population ages 18 to 64. And in January, Republican Governor Phil Bryant declared that despite having the most meager Medicaid program in the nation, he would refuse the federal Medicaid expansion under Obamacare that could bring coverage to 160,000 of his residents, including those with cancer, diabetes and so many other conditions"

A Political Brawl Over Medicaid Could Leave Mississippi’s Poor Without Any Health Coverage At All

A Political Brawl Over Medicaid Could Leave Mississippi’s Poor Without Any Health Coverage At All: Mississippi lawmakers are at such a political impasse over Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion that they may fail to reauthorize the main program itself, let alone expand it to cover more low-income Americans. That would leave close to 700,000 poor Mississippians without basic health coverage for doctor’s visits, checkups, or prescription drugs for chronic diseases like diabetes. [...]/p

Why Mississippi’s GOP Governor’s Risky Bet On Medicaid Expansion Could Come Back To Haunt Him

Why Mississippi’s GOP Governor’s Risky Bet On Medicaid Expansion Could Come Back To Haunt Him: Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation, is grappling with what to do about its Medicaid program. A deeply red state where the GOP controls both state houses and the governor’s mansion, Mississippi lawmakers are highly skeptical of Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion. So, in a last-ditch effort to protect the state’s low-income residents [...]/p