Mississippi Today discusses the breakdown of Medicaid expansion negotiations in the Mississippi Legislature.
Podcast: How the 2024 Medicaid expansion debate diedPodcast: How the 2024 Medicaid expansion debate died by Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today May 6, 2024 Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender, and Taylor Vance discuss the breakdown of Medicaid expansion negotiations in the Legislature.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
Previously, Pender served as Politics and Investigative Editor at The Clarion Ledger, where he also penned a popular political column. While at The Clarion Ledger, Pender helped lead digital transformation for the legacy publication, while overseeing watchdog news teams and government reporting. He previously served as an investigative reporter and political editor at the Sun Herald, where he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team for Hurricane Katrina coverage.
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