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Philip Gunn on Health Care

 

 


I am not open to Medicaid expansion

More than 300 Mississippi religious leaders signed a letter earlier this year in support of Medicaid expansion. "God does not ask us at the judgment day if we have decreased the size of government. But God will ask us how we have treated the poor and how we've treated the most vulnerable among us," [said a letter signatory].

Perhaps in a display of the diversity of religious beliefs, Gunn--a Baptist and church leader in his hometown of Clinton--obviously does not see Medicaid expansion in the same light as other Christian leaders who signed the letter.

"I am not open to Medicaid expansion," Gunn said at the end of the 2021 session. I don't see Medicaid expansion as something that is beneficial to the state of Mississippi. I just don't think the taxpayers can afford it. That is what it boils down to is the taxpayers. It is their money. I just don't have taxpayers calling saying we want you to raise taxes so we can expand Medicaid."

Source: Mississippi Today on 2027 Mississippi Gubernatorial race , May 2, 2021

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