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May 28, 2008

CL EDITORIAL – Special session: Priorities finally on the table

Special session: Priorities finally on the table Now, it appears that the real – read: important – issues are finally on the table: Reauthorizing MDES with no “strings,” such as reevaluating the state’s advertising practices; Funding the Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s $90 million deficit. Of course, they could have done both of these in the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 28, 2008

Dems question Medicaid fix

Dems question hospital tax proposal Hospital officials joined Barbour at a news conference explaining the plan. Although they agreed to it, they reiterated their support of a cigarette tax hike that he has rejected. Barbour urged lawmakers to approve a complicated formula to plug the $90 million hole Medicaid faces annually. Barbour said the proposal,…