Learn the Facts about the Expansion of Obamacare in Mississippi

The Magnolia Tribune has closely followed the Medicaid Expansion debate in the Mississippi legislature. Below is a list of articles published that will give you the full view of the debate and explain why the expansion of Obamacare also knows as medicaid expansion is bad for Mississippi.

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MEDICAID | RUSS LATINO • 

MARCH 21, 2024

Comparing the House and Senate Medicaid Expansion Plans

From a conservative perspective, the Senate Medicaid plan is better in almost every conceivable way. It's still welfare expansion for abled-bodied people that will increase the size of government and people's dependency on it.

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OPINION | ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI • 

MARCH 18, 2024

Medicaid and Medicare remain biggest culprits for improper payments

The two agencies were responsible for $101.5 billion, or 43% in improper payments in 2023.

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MEDICAID | RUSS LATINO • 

MARCH 17, 2024

Halftime in Medicaid Expansion fight: Where do things stand?

The battle over whether or not to expand Medicaid in Mississippi reaches halftime with the contest still very much in doubt.

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NEWS | SARAH ULMER • 

MARCH 14, 2024

House Medicaid expansion bill won’t survive Senate markup

The Senate Medicaid Chairman says his committee will remove the House Medicaid expansion language and insert their own, with a hardline requirement of a work waiver approval from CMS.

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NEWS | SARAH ULMER • 

MARCH 5, 2024

Senate Medicaid Chairman says without a work requirement waiver, Medicaid expansion “probably over”

A Senate Medicaid bill, unlike the House version, will be fully contingent on a work requirement approved by CMS before expansion to any level.  

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NEWS | FRANK CORDER • 

MARCH 5, 2024

POLL: What Do Republican Voters Think About Medicaid Expansion?

When framed as "Obamacare's Medicaid expansion," 81 percent of Republican primary voters oppose the policy. Opposition increases to over 90 percent when GOP voters are introduced to more substantive policy arguments against Medicaid expansion.

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NEWS | FRANK CORDER • 

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Mississippi House Passes Speaker White’s Medicaid Expansion Bill

Only 20 Republicans voted against the legislation after the House has rejected calls to expand the welfare program for a decade

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OPINION | RUSS LATINO • 

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

No, a Work Requirement for Medicaid Expansion is Not Going to be Approved by September

Russ Latino says if legislative leaders were serious about work requirements and seriously confident it would be approved, they would make Medicaid expansion contingent upon approval.