A program to increase healthcare access to low-income pregnant women that was passed through the Legislature in the spring still isn’t up and running, leaving those women without covered prenatal care ...

A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation’s worst rate of infant ...

Newly pregnant women who aren't on Medicaid or who do not have health insurance in Mississippi are still stuck in a coverage hole that the Legislature tried to close this past session. A new Medicaid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Efforts to expand Medicaid in Mississippi peaked in the 2024 legislative session thanks to the support at the time of Republican ...

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The potential for Mississippi to expand its Medicaid program in 2026 appears unlikely, continuing a trend from the past five years. Gov. Tate Reeves remains strongly opposed to expansion, which would ...

COVID money masked the true cost of Mississippi’s Medicaid program. Now reserves are depleted and the budget is exploding.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the worst rate ...

Another legislative session, another year will pass without Mississippi expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor. States have had the option since 2014 to expand ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the worst rate of ...