Courtney Darby holds her son, R'Jay Jones, as she talks about postpartum Medicaid expansion at Family Health Center in Laurel, Miss., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Many mothers in the state cannot afford medical care when their Medicaid coverage ends 60 days after giving birth. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
House leaders killed a bill this week that would have ensured new moms could get Medicaid coverage for a year postpartum even after the federal public health emergency ends. Here’s how that could affect Mississippi moms.
