Mississippi Business Journal » University Research Center http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Proposed Medicaid expansion could create 9,000 jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/proposed-medicaid-expansion-could-create-9000-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proposed-medicaid-expansion-could-create-9000-jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/02/proposed-medicaid-expansion-could-create-9000-jobs/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:17:13 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=64829 The proposed Medicaid expansion that is part of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, would add 400,000 state residents to Medicaid, which a University Research Center report predicts would create 9,000 new jobs in Mississippi. Former state economist Phil Pepper points out that is as many jobs as generated by the Nissan and [...]

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