State House passes Medicaid expansion bill

Mississippi is one step closer to expanding Medicaid.The State House passed HB 1725 Wednesday with a vote of 96-20. The vote now heads to the State Senate.The legislation is called Healthy Mississippi Works. It would create a plan that would allow Medicaid coverage for people described in the Federal Affordable Care Act.Coverage would include co-payments for non-emergency use of the emergency room, benefit packages, funding of the plan and the timing for approval of the waiver.Click here to see the entire Medicaid bill. Mississippi is one step closer to expanding...