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 County (UMBC), an independent, nonpartisan research group, to conduct a study limited to estimating and projecting the financial and economic effects of Mississippi expanding its Medicaid program by 2023.

Upon request from members of the legislature, the Center has further commissioned The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), to provide updated reports concerning the economic impact of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi.

The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi

by Dr. Morgan Henderson and Cynthia Woodcock

Presentation given to House Medicaid Committee February 20, 2024

Mississippi Medicaid Expansion Policy Option Analysis

Provided by The Hilltop Institute, UMBC

April 2024

To review previous studies, click here.