Ever wonder how much Mississippi sends to the federal government in taxes vs. how much residents get back? Here's what we ...

Medicaid explainer: who relies on the program, what exactly is known about fraud and how the federal government splits the ...

The talk of such dramatic changes to the federal-state program has Mississippi lawmakers concerned – and hesitant to push ...

Social Security and Medicare have historically been considered untouchable because the main beneficiaries of those two ...

Arkansas and Georgia both imposed job requirements for Medicaid recipients. Advocates said the programs added red tape and ...

A lawmaker playing hardball may cost poor pregnant women a policy that would help them receive timely prenatal care.

Gov. Tate Reeves is having none of it, however, balking at the feds’ benevolence with hardline recalcitrance toward expanding the Medicaid.

Advocates have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand ...

After two rounds of votes, the bill passed with a vote of 217 to 215. The bill proposes $2 trillion in cuts from the budget which could take funding from social programs like Medicaid. With one in ...

The nation’s poorest state — Mississippi — has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other commonwealth. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot ...

Mississippi— has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other. We’ve lived off the ...

The hospital is the only state facility listed among top performers in the U.S. on Healthgrades national rankings.