Members of Care4Mississippi, lawmakers, and Medicaid expansion advocates discuss expansion during a Medicaid expansion rally in the rotunda of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:
About the time people ring in the new year, the digital tracker on Mississippi Today’s homepage tabulating the amount of money the state is losing by not expanding Medicaid will hit $1 billion.