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SUMMARY: Representative Summers visited Saint Dominic's Hospital in Jackson as part of the “Save Our Hospitals” tour, meeting with healthcare workers who are advocating for more support for struggling hospitals in Mississippi. The hospital recently closed its behavioral health unit, resulting in over a hundred layoffs and patients being left without care. Representative Summers believes that expanding Medicaid could help alleviate the issues faced by Mississippi hospitals, including creating new jobs, improving infrastructure, retaining healthcare workers, and preventing young people from leaving the state. Healthcare experts estimate that expanding Medicaid could bring approximately a billion dollars per year to Mississippi. Governor Tate Reeves, however, has opposed expanding Medicaid.

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