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, ...

Newly pregnant women who aren't on Medicaid or who do not have health insurance in Mississippi are still stuck in a coverage hole that the Legislature tried to close this past session. A new Medicaid ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature . But Senate Republicans ...

JACKSON, Miss.JACKSON, Miss. — A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement ...

A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation’s worst rate of infant ...

“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Raymond Chandler, The High Window That’s typically true ...

Louisiana and Mississippi rank last in serving Medicare recipients, a new study shows. People in both states who are covered by the federal health insurance program that primarily serves older adults ...