Trumps’s election likely to renew Medicaid expansion efforts by state legislative leaders

The 2024 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature ended with a failure to reach consensus between Senate and House conferees on an effort to expand the state’s Medicaid program. That after Senate and House leaders engaged in a good faith debate of Medicaid expansion for the first time since former President Barack Obama’s administration implemented the program. In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” was enacted by Congress – then the biggest public policy overhaul and coverage expansion of public healthcare since the 1965 enactment of the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Today, Mississippi remains one of 10 states that has not adopted some form of Medicaid expansion to draw down additional federal funds to pay for health care for the working poor. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.



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