The Senate Medicaid Committee listen as State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney addresses them via a teleconference on various aspects of postpartum Medicaid extension, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi's top health officer says the state doesn’t have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi doesn't have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes, from high rates of maternal and infant mortality to severe cases of diabetes that require the amputation of limbs, the state's top health officer said.
