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Report ranks Mississippi last in the nation for health system performance during pandemic
Report ranks Mississippi last in the nation for health system performance during pandemic

A new report from The Commonwealth Fund ranked Mississippi last in the nation for health system performance.

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States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion
States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion

Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.

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Mississippi officials did what South Dakota leaders couldn’t — block Medicaid expansion
Mississippi officials did what South Dakota leaders couldn’t — block Medicaid expansion

The South Dakota Republican leadership, like many of their counterparts in Mississippi, oppose accepting federal funds to provide health insurance for primarily the working poor.

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Influential Delta business group calls for Medicaid expansion
Influential Delta business group calls for Medicaid expansion

A major economic development organization that represents the 19 Mississippi Delta counties on Monday called for lawmakers to expand Medicaid.

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‘It makes it hard to work’: The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi
‘It makes it hard to work’: The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi

Briana Wright has worked all her adult life. The 27-year-old Kosciusko resident has been a crew member at McDonald’s for three years. Wright is stuck in what is commonly referred to as the healthcare coverage gap.

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