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MHAP promotes health system change by developing innovative health and human services policy and monitoring implementation. The program also provides information and support to front-line workers and poor communities as they work to address problems at the local level. Mississippi Health Advocacy Programs (MHAP) combines research, analysis and grass-roots organizing to improve health policies, practices and funding in Mississippi, especially in support of the state's poor and under served people.



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Bryant dampens hope Delta Democratic Times, 6/27/08
Legislators Still Looking for Medicaid Funding WLBT-TV, 6/27/08
New Poll: More than Two-thirds of Mississippi Voters Support... Earthtimes, 6/27/08
Bill to stop Medicaid cuts clears House Clarion Ledger, 6/27/08
Hospitals warn of tax impact Northeast Mississippi Daily Jouornal, 6/27/08
Miss. Medicaid budget still in limbo Sun Herald.com, 6/27/08
Lawmakers back for more work on Medicaid fix Brookhaven Daily Leader, 6/27/08
Editorial: Ignoring Delta may win for Barbour in 2012 Delta Democractic Times, 6/26/08
The Medicaid Compromise? Jackson Free Press, 6/26/08
Seeking a compromise The Commerical Commonwealth, 6/25/08
BOBBY HARRISON: Barbour holds option to cut Medicaid Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 6/25/08
Poll: 80% Prefer Tobacco Tax Hike Over Barbour Plan Jackson Free Press, 6/23/08
House still banking on tobacco tax Delta Democrat Times, 6/23/08
New Report: Increasing Mississippi's Cigarette Tax Will Reduce Smoking, Save Lives, Save Money Sun herald, 6/23/08
Barbour misleads about cigarette tax Greenwood Commonwealth, 6/23/08
Speaker: Compromises are on the table, but ignored The Clarion Ledger, 6/22/08
EDITORIAL: Medicaid urgency The Northeast MS Daily Journal, 6/22/08
Legislature ready for next dance Natchez democrat, 6/21/08
Playing chicken with Medicaid urgency The Northeast MS Daily Journal, 6/21/08
Memorial CEO Opposes Hospital Tax To Bell Out Medicaid WLOX-TV, 6/20/08
Hospitals mull possible impact The Daily Leader, 6/20/08
Uncertainty forces layoffs at one facility The Daily Leader, 6/20/08
MHA tells Barbour 'thanks but no thanks" Hattiesburg American, 6/20/08
Physicians group decries Medicaid funding stalemeate The Claion Ledger, 6/20/08
Medicaid: Tensions rising, solutions still elusive The Clarion Ledger, 6/20/08
Future of Mississippi Medicaid Still Uncertain WLOX-TV, 6/19/08
Sides Far From Agreement on Medicaid WLBT-TV, 6/19/08
Hospital group refuses to offer budgeting ideas The Clarion Ledger, 6/18/08
Barbour: No! Don't Mingle Tobacco Taxes and Medicaid! Jackson Free Press, 6/17/08
It's time to end medicaid compromise Commercial Apeal, 6/16/08
Time for a Medicaid compromise Commerical Appeal, 6/26/08

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	Free Clinic Resource List
	MHAP has compiled a Free Clinic Resource List for Mississippians who are uninsured in North, Central and South Mississippi.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 Section-by-Section.pdf Prepared by the Committee on Energy and Commerce staff 9/24/07


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Not Much 'Aid' in Medicaid States Fail to Serve Needy
A majority of the 55 million mostly low-income Americans who rely on Medicaid are being poorly served, a new Public Citizen report shows. In Unsettling Scores, Public Citizen ranks state Medicaid programs from best to worst, detailing their deficiencies. Thirty states - including a number of large states - ranked at the bottom of one of the four categories analyzed.
FIND OUT how your state ranks. COMPARE all states. LEARN more. STUDY Mississippi's Ranking
Mississippi’s Medicaid Program: Impact of Recent Policy Changes on Enrollment 2007

Lewin Group MS Coverage Expansion Report: Executive Summary For a complete copy of the report please call 601.353.0845
Share Your Personal Experience in Healthcare
Mississippi Health Advocacy Programs is compiling a database that documents health care hardship stories. Stories about the experiences of people help make difficult and often complex policy issues understandable to a broader group. Reporters and policymakers find the stories useful to better illustrate the everyday struggles that Mississippians face concerning their health care. We obtain permission from each consumer before releasing his/her story. If you would like to share your personal experience, please click here.


The Effects of Face-to-Face Eligibility Detemination of Mississippi Children

A report of the Mississippi Child & Family Health Study. The Recovery Divide: Poverty and the widening gap among Mississippi children and families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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