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Bain: Don’t Mistake Medicaid Work Requirements for a Green Light on Medicaid Expansion
By JONATHAN BAIN - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,10/13/25-2:20PM , 217 Reads 5,954 Statewide
Below is a political opinion column by Jonathan Bain:
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Senate study committee looks at insurance market, health care delivery in Mississippi
By DANIEL TYSON - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,10/13/25-1:06PM , 229 Reads 5,656 Statewide
Information gathered during the committee’s meetings this fall will be used to draft possible legislation to be considered in the 2026 legislative session.
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Other Side Podcast: Could currently illegal psychedelic drug help opioid addiction and other problems? Should Mississippi invest in testing it?
By GEOFF PENDER, TAYLOR VANCE AND ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/09/25-5:30PM , 219 Reads 9,408 Statewide
Ben Bush, a former U.S. Army Ranger combat veteran from Brandon, shares with Mississippi Today his personal story of his struggle with PTSD after returning home from overseas combat, and how the psychedelic plant-derived drug ibogaine helped him regain his life. But he had to travel to Mexico for the treatment.
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House Public Health Chairman Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, gives a legislative update Addiction and Recovery Summit during the third annual Northeast Mississippi Addiction and Recovery Summit in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Lawmaker plans to help Mississippi cities, counties spend opioid settlement funds on mental health
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/09/25-5:12PM , 306 Reads 8,215 Statewide
One of the state’s two top public health lawmakers told Mississippi Today he plans to take legislative action to ensure cities and counties spend opioid settlement money on addressing mental health, an issue he said was brought to light by the newsroom’s r
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