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Budget Negotiations Put Medicaid at Risk News

Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Budget Negotiations Put Medicaid at Risk

The Legislature will meet today at 1pm to continue negotiations on the State budget. This protracted debate over the budget also puts Mississippi’s Medicaid program at risk. The state’s health care safety net will expire June 30th if it is not reauthorized by the Legislature. Failure to extend the program would threaten the healthcare of hundreds of thousands of Mississippians and the solvency of rural hospitals.

Additionally, Governor Haley Barbour and Senator Alan Nunnelee’s attempt to withhold $60 million available funds from the state budget would lead to cuts in education, healthcare and the layoffs of thousands of state employees including highway patrolmen and nurses.

WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW
CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR

Let you legislator know that the state cannot afford to put jobs, education and the general welfare of Mississippians at risk by withholding available funds and failing to reauthorize Medicaid.

Call Your Legislator Now at (601) 359-3770
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Tell your legislator:
• To Use Available Funds Now
• Reauthorize Medicaid
• Prevent the layoffs of thousands of working Mississippians