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Selinda Walker, 47, looks out of the window at her mother's house in Columbus, Miss., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Unable to access necessary care, including tests, treatment, and potentially surgery to manage her Graves' disease, she was forced to quit working, leading to her return to live with her elderly mother. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work.
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,04/18/24-5:35PM , 641 Reads 7,032 Statewide
Selinda Walker needs health insurance to get medical treatment for her autoimmune disease so she can return to work. But under the House and Senate’s current Medicaid expansion plans, her inability to work would make her ineligible for Medicaid.
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Katie Studdard poses for a photo with her daughter, Elyse Lynn McDill, in Columbus, Miss., Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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IVF heir bill clears major legislative hurdle
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,04/11/24-10:51PM , 611 Reads 6,723 Statewide
A bill to secure inheritance rights for posthumously-conceived children – those conceived via in vitro fertilization after the death of one parent – passed the Senate floor with overwhelming support late on deadline day.
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Katie Studdard poses for a photo with her daughter, Elyse Lynn McDill, in Columbus, Miss., Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Bill to correct outdated law barring IVF children from inheritance passes committee at eleventh hour
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,04/03/24-4:25PM , 544 Reads 7,599 Statewide
A bill that would designate children conceived in unique circumstances – via assisted reproduction after the death of one parent – as rightful heirs of their biological parents is moving forward.
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Dr. John Mitchell, Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) President, with physicians from across the state, endorses Medicaid expansion and closing the gap in health care coverage, during a press conference held at the State Capitol, Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi lawmakers look to other states’ Medicaid expansions. Is Georgia worth copying?
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,03/28/24-8:55PM , 831 Reads 9,416 Statewide
As the Mississippi Republican-led Legislature considers expanding Medicaid for the first time after a decade-long debate, Senate leaders have referenced other Southern states’ expansion plans as alternatives to full expansion.
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