Alabama Medicaid could add 237000 to rolls, but money an issue ...
In Mississippi, where about a quarter of the state's population participates in Medicaid, spokesman Francis Rullan said it is "premature" to predict the legislation's impact until lawmakers agree on a final bill. ... In the health care debate, public attention has been centered on proposals to add a government-backed "public" health insurance option. Less notice has been paid to plans to expand existing government programs to lessen the ranks of the uninsured. ...

2008 state-by-state summary
Mississippi lawmakers trying to cover Medicaid shortfall. Working with Gov. Haley Barbour (R), Mississippi lawmakers this year boosted pay for the state's most experienced teachers and eased parole requirements for certain nonviolent offenders to .... After years of debate and court wrangling over school funding, lawmakers agreed on a formula that decides how much state money local schools will get. The governor allowed the measure to go into law without his signature. ...

WORLDmag.com | Community | Blog Archive | A lesson from the ...
... Stupak spoke against abortion at Dem Natl Con. In 03 he cospon bill to ban cloning. In 06, supported stem-cell veto. About 19 hours ago. Changing landscape: Pro-life lawmakers have brought the abortion debate to the forefront ... A lesson from the Mississippi Bubble. No Comments. Written by Alex Tokarev. November 10, 10:39 AM. Alex1110 Two of the most celebrated (and denounced) figures in the history of economic analysis are Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes. ...

Obama makes last-minute appeal for health care votes | World ...
Anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers fought for and won an opportunity to insert tougher restrictions into the legislation during Saturday's debate, despite fervent opposition from pro-choice liberals who are a driving force behind the overall bill. ... In the Republican Party's weekly radio address, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Democrats should scrap their ambitious legislation and concentrate on modest health care changes that could find bipartisan support. ...

ECONOMY & BUSINESS: House Passes $1 Trillion U.S. Health-Care ...
The spotlight now moves to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling to get the votes to even begin debate on his version. Once the Senate passes a bill, lawmakers from each chamber would work together on a compromise for a ... Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a Republican, predicted today that health-care legislation won't get enacted, based in part on the close House vote on it. That vote "augers what real trouble" Democrats are "going to have in the ...

Mississippi Lawmakers Debate Teaching Sex Ed in Bible Belt
Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released earlier this month from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

Mississippi legislators beat midnight deadline by approving $6 ...
Jun 30, 2009 ... Medicaid funding continues to cause debate ... JACKSON - Mississippi legislators approved a $6.01 billion budget for the 2010 ... the House approved the Medicaid program and sent the legislation to the Senate ... Barbour, who called lawmakers into special session on Sunday, and Mississippi Hospital ...

Mississippi House and Senate OK Medicaid program : Mid-South ...
Jun 30, 2009 ... JACKSON -- After three hours of delaying tactics Tuesday night, ... The Medicaid program was the last major obstacle between ... Barbour, who called lawmakers into special session on Sunday, and Mississippi Hospital ... He and Barbour have not become friends during the Medicaid hospital tax debate. ...

Governor: Expect Another Round Of Budget Cuts - Mississippi Haley ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Governor Haley Barbour says Medicaid or ... government health insurance program for the needy. He also spared ... Lawmakers Debate Big Cigarette Tax Hike The Mississippi House has started working on a plan to ...

Sid Salter - Scott County Times - Forest, Mississippi
Oct 14, 2009 ... Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, take a look at the current stagnant economy and admitted that ... State Tax Commission Chairman Ed Morgan told lawmakers during state budget .... Medicaid program again squarely in political quagmire ... When election reform is debated in Mississippi, the debate quickly gets ...

Some govs say Medicaid growth could hammer budgets | Michigan News ...
Sep 14, 2009 ... JACKSON, Miss. - States with high levels of poverty and unemployment have ... Tigrett, a pharmacist, said as Mississippi lawmakers have finished the state ... were reducing the number of prescriptions they'd fill for people on the program. ... Debate begins over paying for Michigan public schools ...