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March 5, 2013

Carnival-barker turned Rep. Steve Holland pens letter to Gov. Bryant calling him a ‘fool’

Holland pens missive to Gov. Bryant “Phil, You are a fool to turn your back on the working poor. Plus, you’re a hypocrite to promote medical economic development and not have the means to pay for it. This is simple minded on your part. Get a life, Holland” Geoff Pender Clarion Ledger 3/5/13
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 5, 2013

SAM HALL – MS Hospital Assn’s Medicaid strategy is ‘tremendous miscalculation’

Hospital group’s focus winning, not making nice Of course, the reason that MSHA has supported Democratic lawmakers in recent years is because Republican lawmakers – under then Gov. Haley Barbour and while Bryant was lieutenant governor – increased financial obligations from hospitals and made what hospital leaders saw as devastating changes to Medicaid. Republican lawmakers…