Medicaid Covers US: Mississippi

Medicaid Covers US in Mississippi

Medicaid Covers US is our campaign to promote Medicaid as one part of the solution to achieve health equity in the US. Health coverage is something we all need and we all deserve. It’s time to close the gap.

More than 230,000 Mississippians are living without health insurance simply because our leaders have refused to expand Medicaid. These folks are in the “Coverage Gap,” living sicker and dying younger than those with health insurance. The majority of people living in that gap are people of color, left behind because leaders in those states are putting politics ahead of people. Medicaid Covers US is our campaign to promote Medicaid as one part of the solution to achieve health equity in the US. Health coverage is something we all need, and we all deserve. It’s time to close the gap.

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Brandon: Tupelo, MS

2015 was the last time Brandon had health insurance. At 35, he wants to live a long and healthy life for his daughters and the peace of mind of having health insurance.

John Kress: Yazoo City, MS

John lost his pipeline job and his health insurance back in 2020. Through the sacrifice of his brother and charity care through Hope Lodge, John survived late-stage colon cancer, but it's had lasting impacts on John's family.

Ravin: Jackson, MS

Ravin utilizes healing through art therapy in Jackson, MS. After losing her job and the insurance it provided in July 2023, she has advocated for many uninsured Mississippians to expand health coverage and access to mental health.

Faith in Action: The Power of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi

Faith leaders from Mississippi come together to address how the working poor continue to fall into the health care coverage gap until Medicaid is expanded in their state.

Medicaid Covers US in Tupelo

Hear Shane Spees, the CEO of Northern Mississippi Hospital Systems, Lauren Thompson, a social worker at the Cancer Center, and Tim Floyd, a cancer patient, talk about the importance of making sure more people have access to care in Mississippi.

Angel: Biloxi, MS

Angel is the CEO of Coastal Family Health Center located in Biloxi, MS. Angel understands firsthand how important having access to Medicaid is and knows that expanding access to Medicaid will benefit those her community health center serves.

Susan: Biloxi, MS

Susan is unable to access the care she needs because she doesn’t have access to health insurance and does not qualify for Medicaid. If Mississippi were to expand Medicaid, Susan would be able to receive the treatment she needs.

Terrence: Jackson, MS

Terrence is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi in Jackson, MS. He sees Medicaid expansion as a way to help his community health center grow to serve more needs of the community his community health center serves.

Mississippi Faith Leader: Bishop Joseph Kopaz

Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Catholic Archdiocese in Jackson, Mississippi works with faith leaders across Mississippi to address lack of access to care and the need to expand Medicaid.

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