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- Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairperson Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, left, listens as Drew Snyder, executive director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, gives members of the committee an outline of the state's Medicaid program at the Mississippi Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi's Republican-led House will consider Medicaid expansion for the first time
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,02/27/24-7:17PM , 302 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is one step closer to what would be a landmark shift in health care policy, with the Republican-led House preparing to debate expansion of Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
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- Mississippi Rep. Gene Newman, R-Pearl, speaks, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. State lawmakers advanced a bill sponsored by Newman out of a House committee Thursday, Feb. 22, that would require inmate restrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters in correctional facilities to be designated for use only by members of one sex. If prisoners encounter someone of the opposite sex in any of those areas, they could sue the prison. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi might allow incarcerated people to sue prisons over transgender inmates
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,02/22/24-5:53PM , 391 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bill before Mississippi lawmakers might allow incarcerated people to sue jails and prisons if they encounter inmates from the opposite sex, such as those who are transgender, in restrooms or changing areas.
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- Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, right, asks a question of the representatives from the Hilltop Institute, a nonpartisan research organization, unseen, who presented a brief on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi, to the committee, media and lobbyists at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. Committee member State Rep. Clay Mansell, R-Clinton, left, was among the legislators who attended the briefing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Georgia has the nation's only Medicaid work requirement. Mississippi could be next
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,02/21/24-5:43PM , 516 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid, some of Mississippi’s Republican leaders now say they are open to the policy — if they can require new enrollees to have a job. That approach could hinge on presidential politics and an ongoing legal battle in Georgia.
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- A watch tower stands high on the grounds of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, March 20, 2019, in Pearl, Miss. Incarcerated women in Mississippi were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, alleges. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi inmates were exposed to dangerous chemicals and denied health care, lawsuit says
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,02/14/24-2:03PM , 838 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.
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