Why a deep-red state could be on the verge of expanding Medicaid

AXIOS April 11, 2024
Maya Goldman

Mississippi, one of the country’s poorest and least healthy states, could soon become the next to expand Medicaid.

Why it matters: It’s one of several GOP-dominated states that have seriously discussed Medicaid expansion this year, a sign that opposition to the Affordable Care Act coverage program may be softening among some holdouts 10 years after it became available.

• A new House speaker who strongly backs expansion and growing fears that the state’s rural hospitals can’t survive without it have kept up momentum in Mississippi’s legislature this year.
• As many as 200,000 low-income adults could gain coverage if lawmakers clinch a deal in the closing weeks of the Mississippi session.

State of play: Mississippi’s House and Senate this week...

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