North Mississippi business leaders urge Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion

Mississippi Today— Leaders of Mississippi Hills Leadership PAC say expansion is 'the most important legislative issue for the 2024 session.'

Mississippi Today—Former, incoming heads of state chamber, other business leaders endorse full Medicaid expansion. 'Mississippi has delayed far too long,' Retired Maj. Gen. Augustus Collins, former head of the state National Guard, wrote the lieutenant governor on Medicaid expansion.

Mississippi Today—Senate Republican leaders appear receptive to Medicaid expansion proposal from Democratic leader. Following an apparent GOP breakdown of Medicaid expansion negotiations late Wednesday night, Senate Republicans appeared receptive to a proposal from the House Democratic leader on Thursday morning.

Mississippi Today—Experts dispel fears that Medicaid expansion is too costly for Mississippi. National studies and experts in Medicaid expansion states refute concerns voiced in Mississippi’s legislative conference committee that costs to the state would exceed projections.