Take the lead to improve the health status of Mississippians. Allow federal funds available under the Affordable Care Act to work for the health of Mississippians. Please put aside politics and ideology and do what is in the interests of your constituents.
Why is this important?
Mississippi is currently throwing away the opportunity to receive Federal funds that will positively impact the health of its most vulnerable citizens by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act .
The acceptance of such funds will also hold down the overall cost for health care borne by everyone paying through their insurance or out of pocket. The cost of healthcare in Mississippi has a direct effect on the recruitment of new business and human talent to our State.
Refusing to take advantage of Federal monies that will without doubt improve the lot of Mississippians just because of ideological and political reasons is poor policy and just plain wrong. Having spent most of my career working to seek cures for children with cancer, I am mortified by the ideological paralysis that prevails over good and moral sense.
