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Report: Improper ACA enrollments in Mississippi could cost taxpayers over $600 million
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (738+ words) A new report from the Paragon Health Institute estimates that 47% of all Mississippi sign-ups during the 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment period were improper. "When we use the term "improper enrollment," we mean exchange sign-ups where the person enrolled is…...
Insurance Commissioner working to provide short-term health policy options to Mississippians
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (666+ words) During the 2026 legislative session, State Rep. Hank Zuber (R) brought forward HB 605 in an effort to create a state health insurance exchange within two years. The bill died in committee." Now, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney (R) is working on a plan to…...
Simplified reporting will increase welfare fraud and errors
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (507+ words) Nineteen states use a combination of change reporting and simplified reporting. If change reporting caused, or even correlated with, a high Food Stamp error rate, wouldn't Mississippi have the highest error rate in the country? But we don't. The latest…...
Modernizing Mississippi's workforce: Why portable benefits are the next step
6+ mon, 10+ hour ago (525+ words) Starla Brown, AFP-MS State Director In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the American workforce has evolved considerably. That is especially true here in Mississippi. According to a report by'Heartland Forward, Mississippi is one of the top four states with…...