'It makes it hard to work': The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi

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'It makes it hard to work': The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi
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“I am very sympathetic to working people that don’t have healthcare,” Sen. Chad McMahan said. In the meantime, Briana Wright and 300,000 other uninsured Mississippians remain without access to any healthcare — and Wright fears losing her job, or worse.

by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today‘It makes it hard to work’: The real cost of not expanding Medicaid in Mississippi by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today March 9, 2022 Briana Wright has worked all her adult life. The 27-year-old Kosciusko resident has been a crew member at McDonald’s for three years. Before that, she worked for Tyson Foods, where she mostly hung chickens for processing. Wright is stuck in what is commonly referred to as the healthcare coverage gap.

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