NEW: The Republican majority rejected a Medicaid expansion amendment on the House floor Wednesday that supporters said would aid the state’s struggling hospitals.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today February 15, 2023 The House Republican majority rejected a Medicaid expansion amendment on the floor Wednesday that supporters said would aid the state’s struggling hospitals. The amendment, offered Wednesday by House Minority Leader Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, would have prevented the appropriation for the Mississippi Division of Medicaid from going into effect until Medicaid was expanded to provide health care coverage for the working poor.
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