Chief Healthcare Executive April 5, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last month, calls for federal government to pitch in an extra 5% of costs for new expansion states.
A nonprofit created by the Mississippi Hospital Association and other advocacy groups has filed paperwork with the hope that voters in this poor state will do what the legislature has not: expand Medicaid and bring healthcare to an estimated 200,000 working-class, low-income residents.
Mississippi is among the 12 states that has not expanded Medicaid, and the hospital group is among those hoping to leverage the $1 billion a year in federal funds that the Biden administration is offering to get more people covered, having sweetened the pot to get holdout...
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