Medicaid expansion talks stalled at the state capitol on Thursday with Senate conferees not showing up to a meeting scheduled by conferees with the House of Representatives. Following Tuesday’s initial conference that resulted in no compromise being reached by the two chambers, Hattiesburg Rep. Missy McGee expressed eagerness to continue.
Leaders within the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate failed to reach a compromise during the initial round of conference meetings over Medicaid expansion. Conferees on the House side were Representatives Missy McGee (R-Hattiesburg), Sam Creekmore (R-New Albany), and Joey Hood (Ackerman). Senators Kevin Blackwell (R-Southaven), Nicole Akins-Boyd (R-Oxford), and.