INBOX today: Organizers are launching a ballot initiative campaign in Mississippi to expand Medicaid through the ballot box in 2022.
An estimated 200,000+ people would become newly eligible for insurance.
An estimated 200,000+ people would become newly eligible for insurance.
This is coming on the heels of 5 states adopting similar referenda in 2018/2020, and while the GOP is blocking it in Missouri right now, that’s also benefited so many people — including 10% (!) of Idaho’s under-65 population:
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1391215447966720001
.@fairnessproject has been a big part of these referendums.
A Mississippi initiative is hard for a bunch of reasons, though — I wrote about this actually in the context of voting rights in 2019: theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
A Mississippi initiative is hard for a bunch of reasons, though — I wrote about this actually in the context of voting rights in 2019: theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
UPDATE: a story in the Mississippi press on this initiative.
"Health care professionals on Tuesday became the first people to sign petitions to put Medicaid expansion on the November 2022 ballot."
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2021/may/…
"Health care professionals on Tuesday became the first people to sign petitions to put Medicaid expansion on the November 2022 ballot."
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2021/may/…
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