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Dems crafting Medicaid proposal ahead of possible special session

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:40:15 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi legislative Democrats say they’re working on proposals to keep Medicaid alive and funded in the budget year that starts July 1. They say they’re doing this in case Republican Gov. Phil Bryant calls a special session before the end of June. However, Bryant said last week he believes he can run Medicaid [...]

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Governor says he can run Medicaid; questions challengers

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:31:02 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says he thinks he can run Medicaid even if lawmakers don’t reauthorize the program or set its budget by the time the state’s new fiscal year starts July 1. “As head of the Governor’s Division of Medicaid, I will do all I can to continue and to provide Medicaid to [...]

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Governor says proposed budget undercuts Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:30:30 +0000

JACKSON — Top Mississippi Republicans say their opposition to Medicaid expansion is getting a boost from an unlikely source — President Barack Obama. The Democratic president released his proposed federal budget yesterday. It includes a one-year delay in reduction of “disproportionate share” Medicaid payments — money hospitals receive for treating large numbers of uninsured patients. [...]

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Lawmakers’ disagreement shows divide over Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:23:41 +0000

JACKSON — Two lawmakers who spoke at a press luncheon yesterday disagreed about whether Mississippi should expand Medicaid, reflecting the partisan split that left the health program in limbo when the House and Senate ended their three-month session last week. Democratic Sen. David Blount, of Jackson, said adding an estimated 300,000 people to Medicaid — [...]

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Non-vote on Medicaid expansion could prompt special session

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:57:27 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi House yesterday failed for the second time to adopt the Medicaid budget, making a special session highly likely before the fiscal year starts July 1. House Bill 1653 needed support from a majority of elected House members. Instead, Monday’s vote was 57 in favor and 50 against, a few votes shy [...]

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Supporters of Medicaid expansion rally at Capitol

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:42:30 +0000

JACKSON — More than 200 health advocates, doctors and others rallied at the Mississippi Capitol yesterday, asking legislators to expand Medicaid to the working poor. Expansion appears unlikely, however, because it’s opposed by Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican leaders in the state House and Senate. The three-month legislative session is scheduled to end April 7. [...]

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Dems: Rejecting Medicaid expansion will hurt state’s rating

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:46:51 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi House Democrats said yesterday that the state could hurt its own financial standing if it rejects Medicaid expansion, but Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said he’s not convinced that would happen and he still opposes putting more people on the government health program. Democrats pointed to a statement made last week by Moody’s [...]

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Pediatricians supporting the expansion of Medicaid

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:15:45 +0000

JACKSON — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the largest professional organization of pediatricians in the United States and in Mississippi, favors Medicaid expansion. AAP announced its position in a news release. In part, the release said: “Pediatricians in the state of Mississippi, a predominately conservative group with conservative values, were recently surveyed about Medicaid [...]

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Dems look for new way to pass Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:32:10 +0000

JACKSON — Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature say they’re trying a new approach to push for Medicaid expansion — an issue they support and Republican leaders oppose. Democrats hold a minority of seats in the House and Senate and they’ve pushed unsuccessfully this legislative session to bring up Medicaid expansion for debate in either chamber. [...]

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Battle of Medicaid expansion continues in Legislature

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:38:10 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi House Democrats said they are trying to bring pressure on Republicans to revive a Medicaid bill that’s blocked in a committee. Republicans, meanwhile, say Democrats are playing politics with a government health insurance program that covers about one in every five Mississippi residents. The Mississippi Medicaid program is up for renewal this [...]

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