Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal that would expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more people, but it includes a work requirement that might not win federal approval. House and Senate negotiators submitted a plan moments before a Monday night deadline.
Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, discusses the cost of Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting held at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi Senate Medicaid Committee vice chairman Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, center, and chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, right, listen as Senate-House Medicaid Conference Committee conferee Sen.
If the federal government rejects Mississippi’s work requirement, the state Division of Medicaid would be required to continue seeking approval each year — an acknowledgement that a different federal administration might provide a different decision.Mississippi police were at odds as they searched for missing man, widow saysto try to keep the mandate in place.
The federal health overhaul signed by then-President Barack Obama in 2010 allowed states to expand Medicaid, largely to people who work low-wage jobs without insurance. Mississippi is among the 10 states that have resisted expansion.
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