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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers will take Medicaid expansion talks to conference negotiations to try and work out a deal that would bring more healthcare coverage options to working Mississippians. Advocates have been urging lawmakers to act throughout the session. Working Together Mississippi advocates were at the State Capitol on Thursday to put their [.]
The organization is backing an option to expand health care access for Mississippians where 90% of funding would come from the federal government, and the remaining 10% required match would be funded by a self-tax paid by hospitals. They want the support for this plan from the state legislature. When you look at what happened when Medicaid was not expanded, the amount of hurt and pain, suffering, that occurred across Mississippi is not just a health issue that s a moral issue,
Bishop Ronnie Crudup, of New Horizon Church International,
said Wednesday, standing in the Capitol rotunda.
The timing is paramount as the pandemic has added an additional layer, leaving thousands of other Mississippians unemployed disproportionately affecting minorities and working poor. As a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed in Congress on Wednesday, and is headed to President Joe Biden to sign, Mississippians spearheading efforts of Medicaid expansion see this as an apt time to
Members of the Clergy and Working Together Mississippi deliver letters in support of Medicaid expansion
Group says there are no more excuses not to expand Medicaid in this state Letters from members of Working Together Mississippi in support of Medicaid expansion were delivered to the Governor, Lt. Governor and Speaker of the House. (Source: WLBT) By Maggie Wade | March 10, 2021 at 11:15 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 8:02 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Members of the Clergy and Working Together Mississippi appeal to state leaders in person at the State Capitol Wednesday afternoon, asking them to expand Medicaid. The group says Medicaid expansion is a health and moral issue for this state. (Source: WLBT)
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