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Dr. John Mitchell gives a tutorial on intubation during the Department of Family Medicine procedure workshop, as a part of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program Medical Encounter at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, April 11, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi needs hundreds of doctors. This scholarship program is ‘growing our own physicians.’
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,04/13/22-2:26PM , 917 Reads 20,373 Statewide
When Dr. Jonathan Buchanan moved home to practice family medicine in Carthage in 2017, he was the first physician to come back to Leake County in 26 years.
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After lawmakers go home without extending postpartum Medicaid, six moms speak out.
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Wed,04/06/22-2:24PM , 985 Reads 21,102 Statewide
From postpartum depression to injuries, pregnancy-related health care needs don’t end 60 days after birth. These Mississippi moms know firsthand.
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Mississippi legislators want to save money on prisoners’ healthcare. Reluctance to expand parole makes that tricky.
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Thu,03/31/22-4:56PM , 1050 Reads 22,190 Statewide
Reluctance to expand parole may have led Mississippi legislators to unwittingly sabotage an effort to save state money by shifting some incarcerated people’s healthcare costs to Medicaid.
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Senate gives Gunn another chance to extend health care for new moms
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Wed,03/30/22-9:12AM , 1226 Reads 12,680 Statewide
Extended Medicaid coverage for new moms is still alive in the state legislature, but barely.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, on Tuesday invoked a legislative maneuver that could revive his bill to extend Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a year postpartum.
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