March 31, 2021
Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Kevin Blackwell, a Republican from DeSoto County, said Mississippi has the highest infant mortality rate in the U.S. with just over nine deaths per 1,000 births. Photo courtesy Mississippi Legislature
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Mississippi: No Extension of Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
An effort to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage has failed in Mississippi, a state with high rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality.
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