Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care

This report evaluates disparities in health and health care across racial and ethnic groups, both within states and between U.S. states. Read More

Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end

Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even ... Read More

Latino: Partial Medicaid expansion better deal for state than full expansion

Partial Medicaid expansion could save the state up to $180 million annually when compared to full expansion proposals, while covering the same number of people. Here’s how. Read More

Lawmakers show openness to Medicaid expansion

A number of Alabama lawmakers expressed openness to expanding Medicaid Wednesday after hearing from several state lawmakers from North Carolina and Arkansas about how expansion had benefited their ... Read More

Medicaid expansion debate stirs memories of family medical debt for Mississippi senator

As clergy, physicians and business leaders have for weeks rallied at the state Capitol to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor, observers can often spot the same conservative lawmaker ... Read More