Drew Snyder left his post as Director of Mississippi’s Division of Medicaid at the end of October. Now, a Politico report indicates he may be waiting in the wings to assume the role of leading the federal program.

Drew Snyder is expected to assume leadership of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicaid division after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office Jan. 20.

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

Based on signals coming from the leadership in both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature, Medicaid expansion in this state will have to wait for at least another year.

The LMC Epilepsy Walk at Harrison Central High School commemorates the life of Lance Michael Carter, a local music producer and former band member at the high school, who died from epilepsy. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held a ribbon cutting for a new outdoor workout station at the Jackson County Campus.

Mississippi's two top legislative leaders ... Delbert Hosemann said they are looking to address tax cuts, Medicaid expansion, amend the state's public retirement system, advance the school choice ...

The former leader of Mississippi’s public health insurance program for children, pregnant women, low income and disabled people has been tapped to run the overarching federal program, Politico ...

MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi, one of the states that has not expanded Medicaid, faces severe long-term consequences from the coverage gap on rural health care outcomes. This issue is particularly critical in a state with some of the nation's highest rates of poverty, chronic disease and poor health outcomes.

JACKSON, Miss — Mississippi's top legislative leaders on Monday unveiled details of their different plans to cut state taxes and potentially expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor, likely two of the main issues that will be debated at the Capitol ...

Advocates say expanding Medicaid in Mississippi could alleviate the financial strain on rural hospitals while improving access to care for underserved residents.

Mississippi legislators will gather under the Capitol dome at noon today for their 2025 session. This will be the second year of the ongoing four-year term, and lawmakers are expected

At the same time, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether South Carolina can disqualify Planned Parenthood from being reimbursed by Medicaid for services that have nothing to do with abortion. In fact, South Carolina banned abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy, except in narrow circumstances, in 2023.