Medical debt is by far the highest in America's South.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) February 21, 2023
Why?
A key reason = 8 southern states have yet to expand Medicaid.
–>In states that immediately expanded Medicaid, medical debt was slashed nearly in half between 2013 and 2020.https://t.co/2cRBUEBbCZ pic.twitter.com/beifyB5Djr
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
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
Dispatches from Mississippi, the state with the worst outcomes, the poorest state, and the Blackest state.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) November 21, 2022
Mississippi's largely white GOP leadership yearly refuses over $1 billion to expand Medicaid, provide care for 200k-300k working poor residents, and save rural hospitals. https://t.co/vMgR3D8pO4
Voters in Mississippi, where hospitals are shutting down due to lack of expansion, would have been able to vote to expand Medicaid last Tuesday.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) November 15, 2022
But two days after the campaign to put it on the ballot began, the MS Supreme Court struck down our entire ballot initiative process. https://t.co/MxAetVLehg
Half of all the rural hospitals in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas are at risk of closing. Not expanding Medicaid has consequences. https://t.co/0NOdoNIoA0
— David States MD PhD (@statesdj) November 21, 2022
Top economists have forecasted Mississippi would receive $1.61 billion in federal funds for the first year of Medicaid expansion, which would have immense economic growth for the state of Mississippi. But state leaders continue to reject expansion. https://t.co/aPEQHy08BO
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) November 19, 2022
The highest infant mortality rates (death under 1 yo).
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) June 25, 2022
Above average maternal mortality rates (& the average is already too high).
1 of 12 states that never expanded Medicaid.
Lowest healthcare provider-to-resident ratio.
Highest percentage of Black residents.
Mississippi.
“The only hospital we’ve got is on its deathbed.”
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 20, 2022
A rural hospital in the Mississippi Delta is struggling to keep its doors open as cash reserves plummet and patient traffic slows. https://t.co/aPomZwTwRk
This was infuriating. They were unwilling to implement something the voters passed. Search for my prior post for background.
Low-income Missouri residents finally gain Medicaid coverage https://t.co/bi8MjhBoBX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 5, 2021
I’m sure this is not a coincidence
States who have not expanded Medicaid, placed alongside the 14-Day change of #COVID19 cases.
— Joseph Sakran (@JosephSakran) July 12, 2021
WY | +13%
WI | +29%
NC | +32%
SD | -40%
TX | +42%
GA | +66%
MS | +110%
FL | + 115%
SC | + 138%
KS | + 150%
AL | + 159%
TN | + 224%
Coincidence…..I think not. #ThisIsOurShot pic.twitter.com/LUbrr7FA9Y
Good point about many Red states refusing Medicaid expansion, which is surely undermining their vaccination progress. https://t.co/eJNZ3pNIND
— Richard Skinner (@richardmskinner) July 4, 2021
Medicaid Expansion was associated with reduced Suicide Deaths among Nonelderly U.S. Adults
— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) July 12, 2021
https://t.co/OIsDtJsiuN
A recent study shows a correlation between the lack of #MedicaidExpansion and healthcare inequalities in low-income communities, particularly among Blacks and Latinos.https://t.co/tXW4ACB8mH
— Floricua (@floricuas) July 8, 2021
Democratic lawmakers are grappling with how to extend health insurance to millions of poor Americans in states that have refused Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion https://t.co/9hN26KVOh8
— POLITICO (@politico) July 10, 2021
Twelve states have refused to expand Medicaid eligibility.
— 19thnews (@19thnews) July 16, 2021
The coverage gap has left about 2.2 million Americans uninsured — and data shows that women would benefit most from the expansion. https://t.co/yaLRU6fTNA
NEW poll from Morning Consult.
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) June 30, 2021
Support for health care items in reconciliation package.
Adding dental/vision/hearing to Medicare: 84-9%
Expanding home health: 77-11%
Coverage for non-Medicaid expansion: 68-19%
Negotiating Drug Rx Prices: 66-18%https://t.co/9jmUvGZmD3 pic.twitter.com/K5euWpzko9
Republicans won’t do it.
UT/TT poll: 67% of Texans — including 50% of Texas Republicans — support Medicaid expansion https://t.co/XiABSNXtez #txlege
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) June 25, 2021
They don’t care what the majority of voters think. This is disgraceful.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson nixes voter-approved Medicaid expansion plan https://t.co/Neq7Vizaww
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 14, 2021
"Rural Missouri said no,” said GOP Rep. Sara Walsh. Making the quiet part loud: R voters r the 'real Americans" whose opinions deserve to drive policy even if a minority. Urban/diverse are more like an alien force trying to 'cancel' real US. Same impulse behind suppression bills https://t.co/Tn0I5h4rZC
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 25, 2021
This is an absurd violation of the constitution and Missouri voters’ will. https://t.co/M1br5j4lvJ
— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) March 25, 2021
Missouri House Budget Committee just voted not to fund Medicaid in Missouri. Voters chose to amend the Mo constitution to protect Medicaid from exactly this. Withholding Mo Medicaid funding is unconstitutional. The Missouri GOP doesn’t make laws, they make lawsuits.
— Genevieve Williams (@RGenevieve) March 25, 2021
With a member or two absent, every single Republican member of the Missouri House Budget Committee just chose to ignore our state Constitution (and Missouri voters) and vote against funding Medicaid expansion. Rejecting billions in state dollars and denying healthcare to 200,000.
— Rep. Peter Merideth (@PeterforMO) March 25, 2021
Pretty sure Kansas City and St. Louis are still part of Missouri. https://t.co/CzBmoEOXKm
— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) March 25, 2021
The big Republican argument against Medicaid Expansion is that able-bodied Missourians for some reason are less deserving of health care.
— Elad Gross 🇺🇸 (@BigElad) March 25, 2021
Lots of uninsured but employed folks in Missouri would finally have access to health care with Medicaid Expansion.
4/
the ticking time bomb of american politics, imo, is the fact that the electoral college offers a pretty clear path to overturning a presidential election https://t.co/Y06AGcyUpm
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 14, 2021
I guess hating Obama was more important to Republicans than the health of their constituents.
The refusal of many red states to take FREE MONEY to help people stay alive is one of the most shameful developments of the last decade. Why didn't more people object? Because those states are full of "news deserts"–places with no local newspaper. Dems shld organize around this. https://t.co/HYo5r99EX9
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) July 22, 2019
Tennessee could’ve had 100% of the cost of Medicaid paid for by the federal government for 200,000 people for three years, and at least 90% of the cost covered after that. Instead they decided to screw those people and themselves. https://t.co/7LbiTDK8VI
— Charles Gaba (Had a blue check pre-11/07/22) (@charles_gaba) June 24, 2019
This WaPo story on Tennessee’s rural-health crisis is powerful — but it only mentions the state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion once, in passing. A similar WaPo story last month, on Oklahoma’s crisis, didn’t mention the state’s Medicaid rejection at all. https://t.co/NGKG1U6Qj8
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2019
Alabama needs to expand Medicaid. https://t.co/lpFJp8gfZK
— Doug Jones for Senate — onealabamavotes.com 🗳️ (@DougJonesHQ) July 23, 2019
What happened when states expanded access to medicaid for kids?
— John B. Holbein (@JohnHolbein1) July 19, 2019
Those kids:
▪️were more likely to go to college,
▪️had fewer kids and lower mortality rates (19-28),
▪️had higher adult wages (♀️ only),
▪️paid more in taxes
"Government[s] recoup[ed] $0.58 of each $1 they [spent]" pic.twitter.com/2r2HGp7uwy
Close to 90K children dropped from Missouri Medicaid program https://t.co/Mo7xAYd7fb #KMOV pic.twitter.com/hF7ylJfoxD
— KMOV (@KMOV) July 22, 2019
Trump is in Eastern NC to rally his base tonight. But his policies have hurt the poor & low wealth people of this area. Hospitals have closed in Eastern NC b/c of GOP’s refusal to expand Medicaid. His supporters in our state house have hurt Eastern NC.
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) July 17, 2019
Republicans in three states refuse to do what the voters wanted. Sad.
Many residents in three deep-red states rejoiced last fall when voters approved Medicaid expansion, circumventing the objections of their elected representatives, but it was short-lived https://t.co/ld1HnTYoyc
— CNN (@CNN) April 13, 2019
BREAKING: Medicaid expansion leads to fewer heart related deaths. Very promising news.https://t.co/EgB7L4r4No
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) April 8, 2019
Despite bipartisan support for Medicaid expansion in the KS House, the Senate continues to obstruct progress. It’s time the Senate leadership listen to business leaders, hospitals, healthcare providers & advocates and allow a vote on Medicaid expansion. #KansantoKansan
— Governor Laura Kelly (@GovLauraKelly) April 10, 2019
GOP lawmakers set up roadblocks to voter-approved Medicaid expansion — https://t.co/gUE63ZAatF #Medicaid #Arkansas #news pic.twitter.com/wmsnlD5r5T
— KTVE – KARD (@MyArkLaMiss) April 13, 2019
Here's the Republican Montana Senate, holding healthcare for 96,000 people hostage until they get a bill that would prop up an uneconomic coal plant. https://t.co/l77R1Oj3ku
— David Roberts (@drvox) April 12, 2019
HAPPENING NOW: TN House Republicans are pushing their block grants plan on the house floor, which would mean FEWER covered not more.
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 11, 2019
They’re trying to sound like they’re looking out for Tennesseans while costing our state billions in Medicaid expansion money each year.
So just in one day I have seen new evidence that Medicaid expansion improves access to addiction treatment, improves colon cancer survival and now this one on cardiac mortality. What are the holdout states waiting for? https://t.co/Yew1iWUPfg
— Michael Miller (@hlthcaremike) April 9, 2019
Sad!