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2025 ACS CAN Mississippi Patient Advocacy Day

Join us for the 2025 ACS CAN Mississippi Patient Advocacy Day on January 30, 2025 at the Mississippi State House!

Mississippi is now one of the few states still holding out on expanding Medicaid.

Latest Updates

January 15, 2025
Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. – A clear and growing majority (58.5%) of GOP primary voters support Medicaid expansion in Mississippi, according to the results of a new poll . The poll demonstrates that Medicaid expansion is a winning issue for Republican lawmakers in the Magnolia State and it shows that inaction

January 6, 2025
Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. – As Mississippi lawmakers dive into the 2025 legislative session Tuesday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) lends its full support to them finishing what they started last year to expand Medicaid in the Magnolia State. ACS CAN Mississippi Government Relations Director Kimberly Hughes

October 22, 2024
Mississippi

JACKSON, MS – October 22, 2024—An estimated 230 Mississippians will hear the words, “You have breast cancer,” during this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Due to the state legislature failing to pass Medicaid expansion this year, many of them will lack access to the health care they need to treat

May 3, 2024
Mississippi

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is extremely disappointed to see legislation aimed at expanding health care coverage for hard-working Mississippians fail to pass

State Contacts

Anita Bales
Senior Grassroots Manager
Kimberly Hughes
Government Relations Director
Stacy Jacobson (she/her)
Sr. Regional Media Advocacy Manager

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