One of Mississippi’s top legislative leaders said Tuesday that the state should provide health insurance for working people, but sharply rebuffed a question about expanding Medicaid.
Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said that instead of “talking about some nomenclature that’s three presidents ago,” lawmakers should be looking at how real people are being impacted by lack of insurance in the nation’s poorest state.
Hosemann said lawmakers are drafting a proposal that would bring health insurance to working people in Mississippi, but said it’s too early to provide details on what format that plan would take. When asked whether a proposal could be presented this session, Hosemann said it would be made “as soon as we can do it.”