Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, right, asks a question of the representatives from the Hilltop Institute, a nonpartisan research organization, unseen, who presented a brief on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi, to the committee, media and lobbyists at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. Committee member State Rep. Clay Mansell, R-Clinton, left, was among the legislators who attended the briefing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led House passed a bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
