Fact Sheet: Mississippi Cares Proposal

We believe that this proposed public-private partnership will:

Pump more than $1 billion per year into Mississippi’s economy

Create 19,000 jobs
Improve personal income by over $600 million
Increase general fund revenue by $50-100 million a year.

Hospital investments and member payments fund the premiums for

Mississippi True with no state funding required!

This is a non-partisan proposal that will help all Mississippians. Over

the next ten years, it will provide billions of dollars in additional state
revenue. Think about what that can do for our state – for our roads and
bridges, for our teachers, for our colleges, and for our children.

It is time to reform Medicaid!

Under a Medicaid waiver request, Mississippi hospitals would be willing to
make an additional investment in premiums needed to fund insurance
coverage through a hospital owned provider sponsored health plan.

This plan would essentially be an insurance policy paid for by hospitals

along with a modest contribution of $20 or less for those adults falling under
138% of the federal poverty level. In Mississippi, this is about $17,000 per
year for an individual or about $34,000 per year for a family of four.

Hospital investments and personal premiums from plan members would

help fund the needed 10% state share to match the 90% federal share.

Visit www.MississippiCares.com for more info.