Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he is working to ease financial problems for struggling hospitals
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he is working to ease financial problems for struggling hospitals — but the Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, said Reeves is hurting the state by refusing to expand Medicaid. In the final days before the Nov. 7 general election, both candidates spoke to hundreds of business people during Hobnob, a social event hosted by Mississippi Economic Council, the state's chamber of commerce.
' “Adding 300,000 able-bodied adults to the welfare rolls is not the right thing to do,” Reeves told reporters after his speech. The governor said he wants to focus on job creation and Democrats “want everybody to have government-run health care.” In his own remarks to reporters, Presley bristled at Reeves calling Medicaid “welfare.” “Tate Reeves insults people that roof a house for a living, that sack groceries for a living,” Presley said.
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