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...
Tag Archives: Health Coverage
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...
Non-Elderly Adult & Child Health Insurance Coverage
Every year the Center for Mississippi Health Policy monitors trends in health insurance coverage in Mississippi, analyzing Census data compiled by the State Health Data Assistance Center (SHADAC). Using this data, we compile chartbooks that examine detailed demographic characteristics such as income, age, education, and work status for the various types of coverage and provide a profile of the uninsured. In addition, we publish a separate fact sheet presenting county-level data on uninsured adults using the data provided by Small … Read more...
Uninsured Adults 2020
This fact sheet provides the number and percentage of adults ages 18 – 64 without
health insurance at the county level in Mississippi. Under the Affordable Care
Act, adults from households with incomes of 400 percent of the federal poverty
threshold (FPL) or less qualify for federal support (subsidies) to buy health
insurance through a Health Insurance Exchange. Adults with household incomes
of 138 percent or less of FPL would qualify for Medicaid coverage if the state
chose to the … Read more...
Preventing Unintended Pregnancy in Mississippi
The majority of new mothers in Mississippi report that their pregnancies were unintended, according to the most recently available survey data collected by the Mississippi State Department of Health. The social and economic implications of unplanned pregnancy for women, families and the state are wide-reaching and enduring. Considering the broad array of contraception on the market and the availability of family planning services in publicly funded clinics across the state, Mississippi’s high rate of unintended pregnancy is concerning and deserves … Read more...
