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Hosemann won t close door to Medicaid expansion in Mississippi
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State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars
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By Bobby Harrison
Apr 13, 2021 10:37 AM
Mississippi women who have given birth will likely continue to receive Medicaid health care coverage until at least the end of 2021 even after legislation recently died that would have extended the coverage.
During the 2021 Mississippi legislative session, Senate leadership attempted to place in state law a requirement that postpartum coverage would be expanded from 60 days to 12 months for mostly low-income women. That coverage is particularly important in Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation with high rates of infant and maternal mortality.
The Senate tried to include the postpartum coverage expansion in the Medicaid bill passed during the 2021 session designed to make various technical amendments to the complex federal-state health care program. The House rejected that proposal.
Medicaid expansion ballot initiative groundwork underway in Mississippi
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Medicaid expansion ballot initiative groundwork underway in Mississippi
Medicaid expansion ballot initiative groundwork underway in Mississippi By Courtney Ann Jackson | April 9, 2021 at 10:04 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 10:41 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Many Mississippi politicians continue to push back on the idea of Medicaid expansion. But efforts are ramping up to put it to a vote by the people.
President and CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association, Tim Moore, along with Hattiesburg pediatrician Dr. John Gaudet and advocate Dr. Nakeitra Burse formed the non-profit Healthcare for Mississippi.
They’ve now filed the paperwork for Initiative 76.
Friday morning, the Mississippi Hospital Association’s board of governors voted to partner with the non-profit on the effort. Signature collection should start next month with a goal of getting the ballot initiative on the 2022 ballot.