The recession has begun: How bad will it?get?
Conventional economic wisdom says that Mississippi is often the last state into and last state out of a national recession. […]
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Budget recommendation shortchanges schools and Medicaid
Despite revenue growth and full reserves, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee’s FY2016 proposal fails to adequately fund the state’s education and health commitments.
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Legislative Budget Committee recommends sweeping budget cuts despite revenue growth and full reserves
Despite $166 million in additional revenue, cuts are recommended for every major budget category except for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, for which the proposal includes a very small increase for teacher pay raises enacted last year.
Medicaid expansion is a prescription that Mississippi needs to fill
Mississippi?s rejection of Medicaid expansion means that hundreds of thousands will remain without insurance ? and healthcare providers will be forced to pick up the tab.
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The ACA offers working Mississippians a long-overdue raise. State leaders should embrace it.
The Affordable Care Act could correct an imbalance in the tax code and improve working Mississippians’ financial security… if the state’s leaders would just get out of the way.
Only 6% of uninsured Mississippians have gotten covered through healthcare reform. What gives?
The rejection of Medicaid expansion and mistrust among the uninsured have depressed enrollment.
Gov. Bryant’s embrace of telemedicine ignores the bigger picture
If Gov. Bryant was serious about improving treatment and prevention for diabetes, he would not have rejected the federal Medicaid expansion or banned local regulations on nutrition.
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How did Mississippi smoke up billions from the tobacco settlement?
In summary: Medicaid inflation, short-term thinking, and anti-tax dogma.
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