Closing Coverage Gap and Making Premium Subsidies Permanent Could Cover 7 Million Uninsured

Enacting key health insurance provisions like those in the Build Back Better legislation could cover 7 million uninsured people in 2022, an Urban Institute study finds. This striking gain — nearly a quarter of the uninsured non-elderly population — would result from closing the Medicaid coverage gap and making premium subsidies enacted in the American Rescue Plan permanent.CBPP, Read More.

Hosemann wants to shun the term ‘Medicaid expansion.’ Is he appealing to Gunn, Reeves?

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann believes a plea to Mississippians’ better angels ultimately will lead to Medicaid expansion. Granted, Hosemann does not utter the phrase “better angels,” but listen closely and it is obvious that he is appealing to them. He also does not want to use the term “Medicaid expansion.” Instead, he would rather discuss everyday scenarios of working Mississippians who suffer, who die because they don’t have access to health insurance. MS Today, Read More.
It Wasn’t a Lazy Question

Delbert Hosemann reported this past week no symptoms after being diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second time.Is he sure of that? It sounded as if the Republican lieutenant governor might have been experiencing a bit of brain fog when he said it was a “lazy question” when a Capitol reporter asked him about the possibility of Medicaid expansion during the 2022 session of the Mississippi Legislature. The Northside Sun, Read More.