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Ricky Nobile- May 17, 2013

Ricky Nobile — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:51:06 +0000

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CRAWFORD: Taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff?

Bill Crawford — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:47:47 +0000

The dictionary defines tyranny as oppressive power exerted by government. Founder Thomas Jefferson warned, “Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Is a taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff? Compare the Senate’s actions with those [...]

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Chuck McIntosh- May 17, 2013

Chuck McIntosh — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:14 +0000

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April 26, 2013- Chuck McIntosh

Ricky Nobile — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:35:23 +0000

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Hospital group: No Medicaid expansion will leave 200,000 “in the gap”

Ted Carter — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:55:22 +0000

The more uninsured residents Mississippi’s health insurance exchange signs up under the Affordable Care Act the bigger the hit the state’s hospitals will take on federal reimbursements for treating the uninsured. The consequence is one of many Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and legislative leaders must weigh in refusing state participation in expanding Medicaid. The state [...]

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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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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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Status quo on Medicaid leaves state behind

MBJ Staff — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:07:29 +0000

Where have you been? That’s a question Mississippi’s hospital executives should have to answer as the Legislature winds down and Republican leaders in both houses refuse to think pragmatically about expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act. The hospital CEOs and the Mississippi Hospital Association seem to have been largely absent from the wrangling [...]

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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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