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Mississippi lawmakers block expanded Medicaid coverage of postpartum care that saves lives

By Lisa Needham -March 21, 2022 11:57 AM

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn claimed he hadn't seen the data that shows Medicaid expansion saves lives.

While Mississippi waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the state's previability ban on abortion at 15 weeks' gestation, it has rejected efforts to improve health outcomes for pregnant people and babies.

Mississippi Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn has bragged about the 15-week ban, saying that if the Supreme Court upholds it, it will "save millions of lives" and "do something in the way of preserving human life." Yet Gunn killed a Mississippi House bill that would have expanded Medicaid coverage for people who have given birth and their babies.

Currently, people who give birth in Mississippi can only receive postpartum care through Medicaid for two months. A bill that would have extended that period to a year passed the GOP-controlled Senate with near-unanimous support earlier this month. Gunn refused to even bring the bill up for a hearing in the House of Representatives, saying, "I'm opposed to Medicaid expansion. We need to look for ways to keep people off, not put them on."

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/mississippi-abortion-ban-medicaid-pregnancy-postpartum-health-care/

He hadn't seen the data.......BS.....