Mississippi faces $52 million Medicaid budget gap this year
The top budget writer in the Mississippi House says the state’s Medicaid program needs another $52 million during the budget year that ends June 30.
Appropriations Committee Chairman Herb Frierson also says one way to plug that hole, and to cover other deficits, is to use $66 million in lawsuit settlements announced by Attorney General Jim Hood.
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2/25/16
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