RESEARCH TO INFORM MISSISSIPPI HEALTH POLICY

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  • A Review of Health-Related Bills & Their Impact
    Friday, July 28, 2023

    Written by John Dillon Harris, MPH During the 2023 Legislative Session, the legislature focused on the state’s struggling healthcare system and the post-Roe world. After the session ended, 424 bills were passed into law1. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy … Continue reading →

  • Monday, May 15, 2023

    This fact sheet provides the number and percentage of adults ages 18 – 64 without health insurance at the county level in Mississippi and compares rates for years 2017 and 2020, the most recent data. Under the Affordable Care Act, … Continue reading →

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  • Medicaid Unwinding
    Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

    Written by Sarah Scarborough The pandemic tested Medicaid and health departments across the nation. Health systems were overwhelmed with a large influx of patients and demand for healthcare coverage. Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)[1] in response … Continue reading →

  • Up 52.3% from April 2020 to April 2021
    Friday, November 19th, 2021

    Written by Larry L. Smith, Ph. D. The National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Vital Statistics Rapid Release of Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts at the US and State level. Based … Continue reading →

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  • Data from 2017 to 2020
    Thursday, May 18th, 2023

    This fact sheet provides the number and percentage of adults ages 18 – 64 without health insurance at the county level in Mississippi and compares rates for years 2017 and 2020, the most recent data.

  • Data from 2013 to 2019
    Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

    Number of uninsured people 18 to 64 years old with household income at or below 138% FPL by county.

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  • Wednesday, October 26th, 2022

    Mississippi Medicaid pays for pregnancy-related healthcare for over 60% of Mississippi births each year. Many pregnant Medicaid participants would not have been eligible for Medicaid prior to their pregnancy increasing the likelihood that they have gone uninsured for some time. … Continue reading →

  • Wednesday, July 6th, 2022

    Determinants of health are a broad range of factors that influence an individual’s health status, which, ultimately, impacts the performance and quality of the state’s healthcare system. Determinants of health are typically categorized into the following categories: Education Access & … Continue reading →

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