The Health Insurance Marketplace will undergo changes, and premium costs may be higher for people enrolled in its plans.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Health insurance takes a huge chunk out of the typical Mississippian’s wallet, but a new WalletHub report revealed that costs are proportionally higher here than in most of the ...

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has warned that health insurance premiums could skyrocket by more than 300 percent if tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are not extended, ...

Hurdles seem to be mounting against a new state health insurance exchange program that was passed by the Legislature in the spring but has yet to come online. The program was passed with the intent to ...

A small-business owner in our district (the 2nd U.S. House District) is alive today because of the Affordable Care Act ...

Mississippi health officials are determining how to most effectively set up and operate a health insurance exchange, a program that must be implemented by Jan. 1, 2014, based on the healthcare reform ...

A new report warns Mississippi could see the steepest drop off in health insurance coverage if Congress doesn’t vote to extend temporary health coverage subsidies at the end of next year. Over 100,000 ...

As of August 2024, approximately 642,000 Mississippians relied on Medicaid and CHIP for healthcare coverage. Although Mississippi has not yet adopted Medicaid expansion, discussions about its ...

Obesity and diabetes rates in Mississippi are near the highest in the U.S. In an effort to address the state's obesity epidemic and subsequently address the health effects associated with it, the ...