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Mississippi GOP governor now backs longer Medicaid for moms

Dr. John Cross, president of the Mississippi State Medical Association, flanked by physicians and medical schools students, calls for the legislature's support of extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months, during a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Dr. Michelle Owens, a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist, speaks of the need for extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months, during a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A medical student holds a poster calling for support of extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months, during a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Dr. Anita Henderson, past president of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is flanked by physicians and medical schools students, as she calls for the legislature's support of extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months, during a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) FILE - Republican Gov. Tate Reeves describes the state's economic progress during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature on the steps of the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Jan. 30, 2023. Reeves did an abrupt about-face Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, on an issue for which Democrats have been criticizing him this election year, saying for the first time that he wants the state to allow a full year of Medicaid coverage to women after they give birth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, center, and other Democratic legislative leaders criticize the Republican leadership's inaction on addressing the state's hospital crisis, during a news conference at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said expanding Medicaid to people who work low-wage jobs that don’t provide private health insurance would be in the best interest of the state, but has refused to support the policy for political reasons, a former chancellor of the University of Mississippi said Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi GOP governor now backs longer Medicaid for moms