see the poll in the second tweet below
NEW: Even with 54% of Mississippi's rural hospitals in danger of collapse without Medicaid expansion, Gov. Reeves urged Republicans not to “cave under the pressure of Democrats and their allies in the media who are pushing for the expansion of Obamacare."https://t.co/uGa3TGuyd7
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) February 2, 2023
A January 2023 Mississippi Today/Siena College poll found that about 80% of Mississippi voters said the State “should accept federal funds to expand Medicaid,” including 70% of Republicans and 95% of Democrats.https://t.co/uGa3TGuyd7
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) February 2, 2023
Republican death sentence as over half of Mississippi’s rural hospitals are at risk of closing. https://t.co/xx1QUKyU74#medicaid #healthcare #Mississippi @cardon_brian pic.twitter.com/7wpOex5sBU
— TheDemocracyLabs (@TheDemLabs) February 4, 2023
38 of Mississippi’s rural hospitals, more than 1/2 of them, might collapse because Gov Tate Reeves won't allow the state to expand of Medicaid
— Margaret Wiley 💔🟧 (@manchester18) February 4, 2023
Hospitals treat all patients needing care, but high volumes of uninsured patients will run hospitals into the ground#Mississippi
It's not surprising that the same governor who is caught up in the state's biggest corruption scandal is also only thinking of himself while Mississippi families face a hospital closure crisis #MSGov https://t.co/isg08BuhHr pic.twitter.com/brHj3isXOQ
— Sam Newton (@SamNewton) February 3, 2023
Opinion by Paul Waldman: In the cruel politics of Medicaid expansion, a ray of hope https://t.co/bJaSLiMFJe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2023
Mississippi is the worst state in America for a pregnant woman. This isn't acceptable. With a rural medicine infrastructure collapsing, a refusal to expand Medicaid (meanwhile being one of the poorest states), & a nurse shortage, it's a recipe for disaster. Syphilis is curable https://t.co/eqmuNiaVmW
— Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) February 11, 2023
Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that have rejected federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor. The missing funding has helped drive a full-blown hospital crisis in the state.https://t.co/czk1p97oqg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2023
The refusal to accept Medicaid expansion by Tate & other southern governors is pure cruelty. It’s not a fiscal policy – wouldn’t cost them – it’s a kind of scolding cruelty that has always been a feature of white supremacist ideology. https://t.co/ggO3FxaTlW
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) July 29, 2023
Sad! 