The 2024 Regular Session was the beginning of a new four-year term for the Mississippi Legislature. While the Senate remained largely the same, the House of Representatives elected a new Speaker of the House, Jason White (R-West), who appointed Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Missy McGee (R-Hattiesburg), and Public Health and Welfare Committee Chairman Sam Creekmore IV (R-New Albany). Much of the Legislature’s focus on health policy remained centered on promoting the sustainability of our state’s healthcare system, this session marked the … Read more...
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UNINSURED ADULTS BY COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 2021
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 2018 and 2021, the most recent data. Under the Affordable Care Act, Adults with household incomes below
138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) would qualify for expanded Medicaid coverage currently not elected by the state. Adults from
households with incomes below 400% FPL qualify for federal support (subsidies) to buy health … Read more...
Medicaid Expansion Study
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy (Center) is a non-partisan, nonprofit research group with the purpose of providing research and data to inform the planning, decision-making, and operations of health policy in Mississippi. Since the option for states to expand Medicaid eligibility presented itself in 2014, a major question for Mississippi state legislators and health professionals has been the total cost of expansion to the state. In 2022, the Center commissioned The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore … Read more...
Medicaid Expansion Study
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy (Center) is a non-partisan, nonprofit research group with the purpose of providing research and data to inform the planning, decision-making, and operations of health policy in Mississippi. Since the option for states to expand Medicaid eligibility presented itself in 2014, a major question for Mississippi state legislators and health professionals has been the total cost of expansion to the state. In 2022, the Center commissioned The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore … Read more...
The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion in MS
This is The Hilltop Group’s Presentation, “The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi” given to the House Medicaid Committee on 2-20-2024. It covers the Medicaid Expansion Study conducted by the The Hilltop Group UMBC and commissioned by the Center for Mississippi Health Policy.… Read more...