Other Editors: Nary a word on Medicaid expansion cdispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cdispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Greenwood Commonwealth on the lack of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi:
In his 2,200-word State of the State address Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves did not make a single mention of Medicaid or Medicaid expansion.
Other than saying that “Mississippians don’t want welfare,” there’s not even a reading between the lines to indicate that the subject is on his mind.
Such negligence has established Reeves as the leading obstacle to doing what 38 other states and the District of Columbia have done - accepting the federal government’s generous offer to cover 90% of the cost of providing health insurance to the working poor.
Jan. 15 Compared to other states, Mississippi is still near the bottom of the pack in terms of how many residents have received COVID-19 vaccines "shots in the arm," as Gov. Tate Reeves likes to say. But that's about to change, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Greg Michel told the Sun Herald on Thursday evening. He said capacity to book appointments for COVID-19 will increase .