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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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Five years later, this Mississippi mom is still fighting an outdated law blocking her child’s inheritance
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,03/26/24-2:11PM , 497 Reads 6,732 Statewide
Mississippi law does not consider a biological child conceived through in vitro fertilization after one parent has died the legal heir of the deceased parent. One lawmaker and mom are trying to change that.
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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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Doctors plead with Senate to ‘do right’ and expand Medicaid
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/22/24-2:01AM , 645 Reads 10,007 Statewide
Several dozen doctors and health care leaders gathered at the Capitol Thursday to advocate for Medicaid expansion and call on Senate leaders – who have remained quiet on the House expansion bill that sits in their chamber – to close the state’s health care coverage gap.
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Where’s the plan? Senate still has only ‘dummy bill’ for Medicaid expansion
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,03/19/24-4:35PM , 608 Reads 5,570 Statewide
Senate leaders maintain they’ll demand a work requirement for any added Medicaid coverage, but health care policy experts say that’s likely a poison pill for expansion.
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Mississippi manufacturers voice support for Medicaid expansion plan
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,03/19/24-3:05PM , 524 Reads 5,142 Statewide
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association voiced support for the House Medicaid expansion plan, which would make Mississippi the 41st state to expand Medicaid to cover the working poor, in a social media post.
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