As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.

Hundreds of thousands of poor, disabled or pregnant Mississippians could lose health care coverage if Congress slashes funding for Medicaid.

After two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in four Mississippians heavily relying on Medicaid,

Mississippi— has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot for most of our lives.

Gov. Tate Reeves is having none of it, however, balking at the feds’ benevolence with hardline recalcitrance toward expanding the Medicaid.

Social Security and Medicare have historically been considered untouchable because the main beneficiaries of those two programs — people in their 60s and above — are growing in number, and they turn out on Election Day.

As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.

The talk of such dramatic changes to the federal-state program has Mississippi lawmakers concerned – and hesitant to push expansion this year.

A lawmaker playing hardball may cost poor pregnant women a policy that would help them receive timely prenatal care.

With just enough votes, House Republicans passed their budget bill Tuesday, pushing President Donald Trumps' agenda in creating tax cuts to fund border security and the military. After two rounds of votes,

Mississippi— has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot for most of our lives.

Looming federal Medicaid cuts could shift a massive financial burden to state governments, potentially requiring them to make up between $700 billion and $1. 1 trillion in funding over the next decade,