House Democrats unveil Mississippi’s first major Medicaid expansion plan
Democratic representatives will file a bill to expand Medicaid eligibility to working-class Mississippians — after years of failed attempts and as rural hospitals reach their breaking point. Though Democrats have fought for years to expand Medicaid, they hope their more pragmatic proposal this session and the new House speaker’s pledge to seek a bipartisan solution […]
Senate passes bill to regulate how health insurance companies decide what procedures, drugs to cover
The Mississippi Senate this week unanimously passed a bill to regulate how insurance companies decide which medical procedures or prescription drugs to cover for a consumer — a process called “prior authorization.” Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Walter Michel said the legislation grew out of complaints he received from both physicians and insurance companies about how the […]
Mississippi podiatrists want ‘ankle privileges.’ Other doctors may stand in their way
What is a foot? Underneath the skin, tendons such as the Achilles and muscles such as the tibialis posterior run from the lower leg toward the heel and toe, complicating any attempt at a simple definition. Mississippi podiatrists are fighting for a new law that they claim would reflect that anatomical reality by expanding their […]
Mississippi podiatrists want ‘ankle privileges.’ Other doctors may stand in their way
What is a foot? Underneath the skin, tendons such as the Achilles and muscles such as the tibialis posterior run from the lower leg toward the heel and toe, complicating any attempt at a simple definition. Mississippi podiatrists are fighting for a new law that they claim would reflect that anatomical reality by expanding their […]
‘The life and breath of communities’: Hospital leaders say Medicaid expansion still needed
Gov. Tate Reeves’ Medicaid payment changes, pitched during the eleventh-hour of a heated reelection campaign and his only major health plan during his first four years as governor, delivered $658.2 million to hospitals in January. Hospital leaders say the influx of federal money is a lifeline, but it’s not enough to forgo Medicaid expansion – […]
‘The life and breath of communities’: Hospital leaders say Medicaid expansion still needed
Gov. Tate Reeves’ Medicaid payment changes, pitched during the eleventh-hour of a heated reelection campaign and his only major health plan during his first four years as governor, delivered $658.2 million to hospitals in January. Hospital leaders say the influx of federal money is a lifeline, but it’s not enough to forgo Medicaid expansion – […]
Q&A: Feminist author Caroline Criado-Perez talks about the sometimes-deadly lack of data on the female body
Note: This Q&A first published in Mississippi Today’s InformHer newsletter. Subscribe to our free women and girls newsletter to read stories like this monthly. Caroline Criado-Perez, a feminist author and public speaker living in London, talked about her latest book, “Invisible Women,” last week at Lemuria Books in Jackson. Her book, published in 2019, explores the gender […]
Q&A: Feminist author Caroline Criado-Perez talks about the sometimes-deadly lack of data on the female body
Note: This Q&A first published in Mississippi Today’s InformHer newsletter. Subscribe to our free women and girls newsletter to read stories like this monthly. Caroline Criado-Perez, a feminist author and public speaker living in London, talked about her latest book, “Invisible Women,” last week at Lemuria Books in Jackson. Her book, published in 2019, explores the gender […]
House passes bill to allow pregnant women more timely care under Medicaid
House Bill 539, introducing presumptive eligibility for pregnant women, passed the full House 117-5 on Wednesday and now advances to the Senate. The bill, authored by House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, allows pregnant women whose net family income is 194% or less of the federal poverty level to be presumed eligible for Medicaid. […]
House passes bill to allow pregnant women more timely care under Medicaid
House Bill 539, introducing presumptive eligibility for pregnant women, passed the full House 117-5 on Wednesday and now advances to the Senate. The bill, authored by House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, allows pregnant women whose net family income is 194% or less of the federal poverty level to be presumed eligible for Medicaid. […]