BILL MINOR: Complex liaisons, alliances shaped Medicaid bill

BILL MINOR: Complex liaisons, alliances shaped Medicaid bill

Was Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves a hero for saving the state’s $890 million Medicaid program in the madcap Friday, June 28 windup of the special legislative session? Or a dictator for bending the constitutional barrier against tacking a revenue provision onto a general bill?

In any case, Reeves single-handedly bypassed Gov. Phil Bryant and restored the primary revenue stream – the hospital bed tax – to the Medicaid program after Bryant failed to add the Medicaid revenue machinery to his special session call.

Read more: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – BILL MINOR Complex liaisons alliances shaped Medicaid bill
7/11