Sunday, February 26, 2023

Governor Supports Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement on Facebook: 

In Mississippi—for ANY soon to be mom and for a long time before I became Governor—we have had presumed Medicaid eligibility. This ensures that every expectant mother and child can get prenatal care as soon as the pregnancy is discovered.
And since the beginning of the public health emergency in early 2020, that coverage has included 12 months of postpartum care. This ensures that Mom—and baby—can get care for up to a year after the birth of the child.
The debate surrounding the future of those benefits has been fierce. And, to be perfectly honest, I haven’t been swayed by the data that is, at best, incomplete and, at worst, often misconstrued and mischaracterized by the “more government benefits no matter the costs” crowd.
However, the fact is we live in a Post-Dobbs world. We, as Mississippi conservatives, led the charge to end Roe vs. Wade and I couldn’t be more proud of that victory. That legal victory ensures that more babies will be born into this great state and this great country. I believe that to be a beautiful thing.
I also believe that added stress will be felt by more Mississippi moms. We have to love them. We have to support them. And - in a post-Dobbs world - we may even have to be willing to do things that make us “philosophically uncomfortable.”
I’m willing to to do that as part of our new pro-life agenda. As I’ve said many times, it will not be easy and it will not be free. But it will be worth it, as more children of God are brought into the world!
The legislature should pass a law continuing this 12 months of postpartum coverage…and, if they do, I will sign it into law.
I don’t expect all of my friends to agree with this decision. But I make it - as always - because I believe in my heart it is the right thing to do for Mississippi Moms given the facts as I see them today.
May God bless Mississippi!


49 comments:

Anonymous said...

RINO

Anonymous said...

Ya’ll keep forgetting tater graduated from Millsaps.

Anonymous said...

Tate goes wobbly, on this and 1020.

Anonymous said...

Tate jumps off his battleship and plants his flag after the beachhead has already been taken. This is him rushing to be seen on the right side of history as he sees literally everyone except for Gunn and McDaniel agreeing that we should extend postpartum care. Tate jumps ship leaving Gunn and McDaniel on a sinking ship! This is hilarious! Gunn is on a losing streak that would make the Durham Bulls cringe. He lost on eliminating the state income tax and now this! Go home Gunn! McDaniel will be hitchhiking back to Jones County in a few months!

MBrookes said...

If we are truly pro-life, we must be pro-healthy life. Anything else is hypocritical.

Anonymous said...

Love all these comments. Who here actually knows a damn thing about postpartum care? I don't - and I'll bet a dollar to a donut hole that noboby else here does either.

The kids are already covered (assuming they were on Medicaid already). And the mothers that actually need care are small in number, based on the latest statistics.

I myself am a good conservative. I myself ain't on either side of this pissing contest between the players - Tate, Delbert, and Phillip.But I myself can't say who is wrong or right on this issue, other than it doesn't make a hell of a lot of difference as to cost of Medicaid, from what I've found to be the case on independent research. (And, I'm not a woman, I'm not married to someone that this might affect, and frankly ---- I dont give a damn.)

But, I'll bet that I'm the only one of the folks that has posted to this blog that will admit I don't know shit as to the actual facts, the cost, or the policies of this issue. Whether it makes good economic sense for the state or not.

Hope that those we elect can come to a good, common sense ground about it. Appears that Tate might have done the research (that none of us have actually done) or at least he has check the winds against his wet index finger to say which way they blow.

Either way - much better than those of us that feel like we should inject ourselves into the discussion.

Anonymous said...

If he is truly in favor of this, he needs to provide real support to the rural hospitals so there will be a place where these moms and infants can receive this much needed care. Ditto for Delbert, otherwise both of them are just blowing smoke, and I do not mean the medical mary jane.

Anonymous said...

If Governor Reeves penned a single word of that, I'll eat the smoker out back of the Mansion.

Don Drane said...

@ 6:06 - I think the point is how long, exactly, do we propose to extend benefits to those who have never worked and never WILL work.

This is not so much about post-natal care as it is about accepting the societal aberration of those who contribute nothing yet benefit from those of us who pull the wagon, daily.

Either you can't manage to see that, or you see it and accept it as inevitable.

Anonymous said...

Is there an election soon?

Anonymous said...

Why?

These women don’t seem to be responsible so why should I care about them?

More waste of MY tax dollars.

Anonymous said...

I thought this was a fix the roads before the election year.


Multitasking?!

Anonymous said...

“Whether it makes good economic sense for the state or not. “ Wow so how this work with Dobbs, A child’s life has an economic value? The mothers life and her well being, how much is that worth ? Tater may be on a soapbox , at least it’s the right one .

Anonymous said...

Tater and the repubs forcing all these lives into the world that will eventually vote against them and their children, and are now forced to take care of them. I don’t think they thought this all the way through in their war on Roe. Oh well, they and their children will see the fruits of their labor when they’re the minority. Though not surprising for the repub brain trust.



Anonymous said...

Tater is running scared, as Brandon is the real deal.

Anonymous said...

we don't need to reward poor moms for having more children.

Anonymous said...

Tate has a strong democrat challenger and it’s starting to show.

Anonymous said...

Ole tater caved in like a Jackson sewer line.

Anonymous said...

@9:02pm - what are you smoking?

Anonymous said...

What a joke! Literally a couple of days before the deadline after all the debate is over the so called CEO of the state is going to attempt to be a leader on an issue? Pathetic and embarrassing.

Anonymous said...

I guarantee you this about Abbott in Texas moving on the issue.

Anonymous said...

“Whether it makes good economic sense for the state or not. “Wow so how this work with Dobbs, A child’s life has an economic value? The mother's life and her well-being, how much is that worth? Tater may be on a soapbox, at least it’s the right one.'"

It's not for you to decide what to do with our money. You are a narcissist.

Anonymous said...

Im with you 6:21. I don’t understand the difference between postpartum Medicare and just Medicare. Unless there are some sort of extra services, more like social services, that come with it? I had 4 children and the only postpartum care once out of the hospital was a trip back to remove staples (c sections) and a six week check up. For the babies a newborn visit and a 1 month visit (and a visit to assure my my baby doesn’t have an inguinal hernia - he’s just fat and cries, and another had colic- not gonna die, hang in there) Postpartum over. I know plenty don’t fair so well, but if the child and mother are on Medicaid what is the difference postpartum or beyond? Is this about services that most functional people don’t need, or more payments to providers? I did hear on a news clip someone say “we have got to stop these mommas from having babies so quickly after birth”. Someone have the answers?

Anonymous said...

How warm and fuzzy to refer to post-pregnant women as 'mom'.

Why extend coverage to thousands when maybe 1 out of 100 would need medical treatment due to becoming 'mom'. The rest will fill the waiting rooms for snot-nose, high-blood, toenail issues and pimples...all at taxpayer expense...When the real solution is fewer pork chops, chips and chocolate.

Anonymous said...

Can it be shown that unwed, teenaged mothers of newborns are dying due to lack of continued Medicaid benefits at the present time?

If not, what's the point made by those who favor extension?

Anonymous said...

'Ya’ll keep forgetting tater graduated from Millsaps.'

What's that got to do with the price of eggs down to the invitro factory?

Bill Dees said...

@7:15 and 9:02 BINGO!!

Anonymous said...

This is what it means to be pro-LIFE, not just pro-forced birth.

Anonymous said...

Here are a few things you will see (if you look) if post-partum extends to 12 months:

The window clerks and office workers at the Medicaid office will hand out fliers (lists) of names of shuttle services that will provide transportation. Medicaid will cover that for a year and reimburse the transportation service.

Counseling services will be covered for a year. Mothers can see psychologists and a multitude of other 'trained professionals' to discuss post-partum issues. This includes issues such as depression, aggression, being shunned at church and dealing with absent baby daddies. Medicaid pays for these visits that are geared to improve self-image. This would include weave and nail appointments that obviously are geared toward self-worth feelings for the new mom.

Even if the child has been adopted out or has not survived past a month or two, the mother can, for a year, see any 'care provider' who accepts medicaid and Medicaid covers those visits.
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If you have never sat or stood in the Medicaid waiting room on I-55 north frontage in Jackson, do yourself a favor and do that for thirty minutes any Monday-Friday.

The children you'll see holding babies are NOT the older sisters of the babies. They are the mothers.

You don't have to be an applicant or recipient to visit this office. As a member of the public, you have a right to be there in this state agency waiting room.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for helping call it out, 7:54. Some of you have to throw Millsaps in every time we need an excuse to make something out as "liberal."

Y'all, this is limited care. You can still keep your Republican bumper stickers on your trucks and support this. No one is rewarding poor moms with a little postpartum care to make sure we don't have any depression going on, etc. *eyeroll*

Anonymous said...

1. Some babies are C-section births. That is cutting into the place where the baby is...the uterus...an internal organ.
2. It is common for women to be cut to allow the babies head ( or breeched feet) to be delivered without tearing.
2. Even with a natural birth with no cutting needed, routine care is needed for a mother and child at 2 weeks,6 weeks and 6 months. There are many complications that can develop that are too numerous to go into hear, but one easy one is that not all babies have fully functioning organs at birth...the digestive system being the most common.
3. Childbirth takes a toll on the female body and , like for the child, problems which aren't evident in 2 days is a reason mothers and babies once spent a week in a hospital.
I would truly love to put a small inflatable weight between some men's reproductive organs and stomach that I would move around, weights could be added as well as four tubes that could punch and kick for 21 weeks. Then it have to come out at usually 6+ to 8+ pounds.
While this is happening, I want to pump fluid into your chest and feet as well and ask you to keep your house clean cook and supper . And, of course, you'd all have to throw up in the mornings before we start this experiment!And, aftewards, when the fluids are drained and it's out, you cannot see a doctor!

Anonymous said...

The Jim Crow of healthcare, force them to have the babies, then wash hands of responsibility . Y’all should have taught about the cost before y’all supported Dobbs.

Unknown said...

MBrookes, it is an illogical position that because I don't want to permit people to commit murder, that I am somehow obligated to provide medical coverage for the would be murderer or the would be murdered. I know that soundbite serves you well in your desire to create a socialist state. But, for anyone who can think beyond the soundbite, it makes no sense at all.

Anonymous said...

Oh stop with the hyperbole 8:50. Unless you are a high risk patient, our bodies were built for that. Not sure how all of mankind got here if not. And sounds like a personal problem if you husband expects a perfect house and meals when you are feeling tired.

Anonymous said...

Rukia Lumumba is the only HD72 candidate that supports expanding postpartum Medicaid.

Anonymous said...

Most of these so-called conservatives are not really pro-life, they're pro-birth. You can't make mothers stop killing their babies on one hand, and then don't want to support the mother and the child once they are here on the other hand.
It makes NO sense!

Anonymous said...

11:25, So, every time someone wants to kill someone, I am obligated to support them and their proposed victim because I favor a law preventing them from killing someone? THAT's what makes no sense.

Anonymous said...

2:28
so in your world- no abortions, no postpartum funding, no money for rural hospitals, no snap, no nothing. But then you also want no crime.
humm... 0+0 will always be 0 my friend. you give nothing, you get nothing.

Anonymous said...

So Tate giving aid to mothers that cannot afford babies is a good thing...But Tate giving judges and judicial assistance to lock up the criminals is bad?


I'm just trying to keep up.

Anonymous said...

Well, I doubt I'm your friend. But, I might be. You are aware that people can care and give without government being the manager of said giving, right? I guess the real test of giving is whether you give of yourself, not whether you are generous with the property of others. But, regardless, you conclusion that we should be required to support would be murderers because we don't let them murder is illogical.

Anonymous said...

Does all this Medicaid expansion mean Obamacare was a miserable failure? Yeh i thought so…

Anonymous said...

I know this is a crazy question but when did it become the taxpayers responsibility to pay for babies and mothers and not the father of the baby? Y’all Dems are the most irresponsible lot of human beings ever.

Anonymous said...

@5:37pm - I assume you’re trolling because surely you aren’t that ignorant. Medicaid expansion for the states was/is part of “Obamacare,” the states just had the option to opt in or not. Dumbass states like Mississippi choose to reject free federal funds based on moronic political philosophy. 40 states have opted-in at this point, and you can probably guess which ones haven’t. I’ll give you a hint, the state that places 50th in all bad measures (us) and our southern neighbors.

Stay 50th Mississippi. Everyone is counting on us to be last so no one else is.

Anonymous said...

9:49- Medicaid expansion is never 100% paid for by the federal government and the states are always on the hook. Mississippi is broke because half the population doesn’t work or pay taxes and that will never change.

Anonymous said...

Nothing sums up many of the opinions here (as well as the MS Republican party in general) better than a single political cartoon.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/protect-life/

Calling Ripley's said...

"I don’t understand the difference between postpartum Medicare and just Medicare."

It's probably just me, but I can't imagine anybody on Medicare having post-partum issues.

Anonymous said...

Tate is so righteous to want to help struggling mothers for 12 months postpartum. He should be praised for his conservative values and thoughtfulness because he genuinely cares about the poor, the same poor that was ROBBED over 70 million in TANF monies and working struggling mothers still can't get the aid now! Remember the TANF program that was created to get women OFF of medicaid, I guess that didn't work out.

Anonymous said...

@6:25pm said....

"I know this is a crazy question but when did it become the taxpayer's responsibility to pay for babies and mothers and not the father of the baby?"

When phony, lying democrat President Lyndon Johnson was supporting the civil rights movement, his motive was to have the poor voting for democrats for the next 200 years while touting his "Great Society" which was deliberately premised on making "government" the father of millions of children so that women would become dependent and brainwashed as the largest voting bloc in the country that will always vote for government assistance for themselves and their children forever.

And anyone who speaks against "helping women and children" would therefore be target of ridicule...but the federal subsidization of unplanned pregnancies ever since could be the very cause of the breakdown of our society itself.

Anonymous said...

Do any of you even know or care that special needs children are on medicade and no you really don't want them on your private insurance and the claims would make your rates go way up due to the costs and the parents would be forced to claim bankruptcy due to the costs private insurance would not pay. Special needs children are not always born to the unemployed. Also, our state ranks dead last on healthcare. Hospitals in rural areas are shutting down or cutting back on services. It's not always about the welfare recipients.


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