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June 26, 2008

Lawmakers return to find Medicaid fix

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/26/8 State lawmakers will resume a special session today without a compromise on a long-term funding solution for Medicaid, the health insurance program that serves about 600,000 Mississippians. Although House and Senate leaders met for hours on Wednesday, neither side budged on competing proposals to hike tobacco and hospital taxes, or both. Legislative…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 26, 2008

Hospital tax isn’t new; it’s a better way

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 6/26/8 The issue facing the Mississippi Legislature is really very simple. Do we want to continue to collect about $200 million a year from hospitals to help fund the Medicaid program – just as we have done for years – or do we want to reduce those payments by…