Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature said Wednesday they've come up with a way to provide health coverage to about 300,000 people without expanding Medicaid.
Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature say they're trying a new approach to push for Medicaid expansion an issue they support and Republican leaders oppose.
Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi would jump at the prospect of billions of federal dollars...
The Mississippi House on Thursday advanced a bill to make changes that manufacturers and business groups are seeking in the workers' compensation system.
Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, played fast and loose with his state's Medicaid enrollment numbers this week as he spoke in Washington and chatted up voters in the early primary state of New Hampshire.
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