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2025 Mississippi Snapshot
The Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were selected […]
Read MoreMississippi to Provide Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women
Mississippi HB 662 has been approved for implementation, reports Mississippi Today. The new law requires Mississippi Medicaid to provide pregnant women with presumptive eligibility. Training for providers is set to begin in August 2025. Following the provider training, individuals who qualify may begin enrolling in the program.
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The Health Care Value Hub’s 2026 Health Care Affordability State Policy Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders with a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The Snapshot explores policies impacting health care affordability across four domains: Policies were selected based on whether they have the potential to impact […]
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Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability is well documented but now—for the first time—a new survey reveals how affordability concerns and ideas for action play out in Mississippi. The survey of more than 900 Mississippi adults, conducted from from May 7, 2020 to June 9, 2020, found that: Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is […]
Read MoreTracker: MS Has Forfeited $1B in Medicaid Expansion Match
Mississippi is projected to forfeit $1 billion in federal Medicaid funds by early 2025, reports the SunHerald. The state remains one of 10 that have not adopted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, foregoing enhanced federal subsidies. The expiration of COVID-era insurance subsidies in 2025 may further increase premiums and reduce coverage access. Advocates warn […]
Read MoreMississippi Snapshot 2024
The 2024 Healthcare Affordability Snapshot provides legislators, consumer advocates, regulators and other stakeholders a tool to compare their state’s health policies across other states. The categories examined in this resource explore a variety of policy options that have previously appeared in the Scorecard, as well as additional policies that impact health care affordability. Policies were […]
Read MoreMississippi Allows Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Medicaid Enrollees
Mississippi will pay for a pregnant patients’ outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while their Medicaid applications are being evaluated, according to the Associated Press. Effective July 1, this ensures that patients have access to prenatal care immediately. The move comes after a report from the State Department of Health found that Black […]
Read MoreMississippi Residents Bear Health Care Affordability Burdens Unequally; Distrust of/Disrespect by Health Care Providers Lead Some to Delay and/or Go Without Needed Care
A survey of more than 1,300 Mississippi adults, conducted from May 3 to May 22, 2023, found that: Difference in Affordability Burdens & Concerns Race The intersection of racial disparities in health care and affordability issues impact access to careand beget financial burdens for communities of color, particularly Black and Hispanic/Latinocommunities.1,2 In Mississippi, respondents of color […]
Read MoreMississippi Residents Struggle to Afford High Health Care Costs; Worry about Affording Health Care in the Future; Support Government Action Across Party Lines
A survey of more than 1,300 Mississippi adults, conducted from May 3 to May 22, 2023, found that: Range of Healthcare Affordability Burdens Like many Americans, Mississippi adults experience hardship due to high health care costs. All told,nearly three-fourths (72%) of respondents experienced one or more of the following health careaffordability burdens in the prior […]
Read MoreMississippi Residents Worry about High Hospitals Costs; Have Difficulty Estimating Quality/Cost of Care; Express Bipartisan Support for Government Action
Hospitals provide essential services and are vital to the well-being of our communities. However, a survey of more than 1,300 Mississippi adults, conducted from May 3 to May 22, 2023, finds that many Mississippi residents worry about hospital costs and support a variety of government-led solutions across party lines. Hardship and Worry about Hospital […]
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