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Legislators swap Medicaid proposals
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,04/27/24-2:00AM , 441 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi Senate leaders on Friday said for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama.
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Mississippi House Education Committee vice chairman Rep. Kent McCarty, R-Hattiesburg, right, reviews notes on his smartphone as he answers a question from Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel, following the House passing the Mississippi Student Funding Formula, Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. The Mississippi Student Funding Formula is a new plan that would give districts a boost in funding for students who can be more expensive to educate. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi lawmakers consider new school funding formula
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,04/26/24-6:19PM , 791 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to change the way it pays for public schools with a new plan that would give districts a boost in funding for students who can be more expensive to educate.
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Mississippi Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, right, discusses the cost of Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting held at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi legislative leaders swap proposals on possible Medicaid expansion
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,04/26/24-3:41PM , 330 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders on Friday said for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama.
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Legislative compromise on Medicaid expansion uncertain
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,04/25/24-2:00AM , 381 Reads
JACKSON — Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
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