Senate gives Gunn another chance to extend health care for new moms

Whether Mississippi Senate's last-ditch effort to secure extended Medicaid coverage for new moms succeeds all depends on Gunn.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today March 29, 2022 Extended Medicaid coverage for new moms is still alive in the state legislature, but barely.  Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, on Tuesday invoked a legislative maneuver that could revive his bill to extend Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a year postpartum.

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