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November 16, 2017

Nearly 20,000 Medicaid recipients would be required to work, participate in skills training if waiver approved

Up to 20,000 Medicaid recipients could be impacted by work requirement JACKSON – Between 15,000 and 20,000 people would be required to work or participate in work skills training or other programs to receive health care through Medicaid if proposed changes are ultimately enacted. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid is preparing to request a waiver…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 16, 2017

Gov. Bryant wants #MAEP rewrite

Governor renews call for MAEP rewrite JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant renewed the call to rewrite the state’s school funding formula – the Mississippi Adequate Education Program – as part of his $6 billion budget recommendation released late Wednesday. The budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Bryant is $32 million or .05 percent less than what…