Hospitals, business leaders suffering FOT — Fear of Tate — on Medicaid expansion by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 25, 2024 Mississippi's business leaders and hospitals each have formidable lobbies, and neither has been shy over the years about nudging a reluctant state Legislature in one direction or another if it dawdles on an important issue.
Gov. Reeves announces 11th hour plan for hospital crisis. Opponents pan it as ‘too little, too Tate’ And since then, some legislative leaders say, hospitals are not coming out strong for the Medicaid expansion because they fear Reeves might taketh away — somehow rescind the increased payments to hospitals.
Senate Medicaid ‘expansion light’ would insure fewer than House plan, turn down federal money Now for the business lobby, which itself appears to have developed FOT on Medicaid expansion. Back in July of 2021, Scott Waller, president of the Mississippi Economic Council — the state's chamber of commerce — said business leaders were preparing to weigh in on Medicaid expansion, and soon.
Senate Medicaid expansion plan shows generosity to the poor — but mostly in other statesThis article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Geoff Pender serves as senior political reporter, working closely with Mississippi Today leadership on editorial strategy and investigations. Pender brings 30 years of political and government reporting experience to Mississippi Today.