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The hospital crisis has emerged as Mississippi's most dire problem, but only one major 2023 candidate is talking about it. What gives?

Iris Stacker, CEO of Delta Health Systems, has criticized Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves for refusing to expand Medicaid access in the state.

Rural hospitals are struggling all over the nation because of population declines, soaring labor costs and a long-term shift toward outpatient care.

Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.

Rural hospitals are struggling all over the nation because of population declines, soaring labor costs and a long-term shift toward outpatient care. But those problems have been magnified by a political choice 10 states, including Florida, all with Republican-controlled legislatures. They have spurned the federal government’s offer to shoulder almost all the cost of expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor. And that has heaped added costs on hospitals because they cannot legally turn away patients, insured or not.