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Opinion  |  Russ Latino  • 
April 17, 2024

‘Arkansas model’ pushed by Medicaid expansion advocates worst of both worlds

As Mississippi’s legislative session nears close, lobbyists and progressive media outlets have begun pushing the ‘Arkansas model’ as a compromise. It’s a bad play for current Medicaid enrollees and the state budget
Opinion  |  Sid Salter  • 
April 17, 2024

In Mississippi’s Medicaid debate, look at rapidly increasing rural mortality rates

Columnist Sid Salter cites report written by USDA economists that says there is a growing natural-cause mortality gap between rural and urban areas of the U.S.