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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Mississippi Faith Leader Jason Coker

Reverend Jason Coker is the President of Together for Hope, a multi-state coalition that fights to address poverty in communities with persistent rural poverty, including the Mississippi Delta. He advocates for Medicaid expansion which will provide access to care for the working poor throughout the Delta and in other rural areas.

Mississippi Faith Leader Jeff Parker

Dr. Jeff Parker of Southside Baptist Church works in the inner city in Jackson, Mississippi. Members of his congregation need access to care that can be realized through Medicaid expansion. Many currently only address health issues when the illness has reached a point that they make a visit to the E.R. Despite working two to three jobs to make ends meet, wellness and health checks remain inaccessible until Medicaid is expanded.

Mississippi Faith Leader Ronnie Crudup

Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup is Senior Pastor at New Horizon Church International in Jackson, Mississippi. Bishop Crudup became involved with Medicaid expansion because he believes health care is a right that every citizen in Mississippi should have. His wife is a testament to having access to health care when diagnosed with breast cancer. He sees way too many of his congregation that work and still fall into the Medicaid gap.

Mississippi Faith Leader Susannah Carr

Mississippi Faith Leader, Rev. Susannah Carr is the associate pastor and minister to families at Galloway United Methodist Church in Jackson. As a parent, Susannah’s son Caleb needs specialized care after experiencing a traumatic brain injury. The family’s health insurance plan doesn’t cover that care, but Medicaid for children helps pay for that access until he turns 19. Caring for those who are most vulnerable is taught in the gospel and Medicaid Expansion makes that care more accessible and affordable to all Mississippians, especially those who need it most.