Rethink Mississippi

Analysis & commentary about issues facing Mississippi's rising generation

[Anna Wolfe @ayewolfe]

“The hospital is so large that if it were to close, we’d have to have seven Toyota-sized manufacturing plants to replace the economic value and salaries (of the hospital), which means it would never happen in our lifetime. Values of homes would drop 15% overnight.”

[Adam Ganucheau @GanucheauAdam]

Federal funds sent to Mississippi if leaders expand Medicaid:

•$1.61B year one
•$1.64B year two
•$1.36B year three
•$1.38B year four

Plus: 200k+ poor workers covered, hospitals saved, average 11,300 new jobs created per year over five-year period.

https://t.co/6EL84tJqOo

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

A Kaiser Family Foundation report notes there have been more than 400 studies on Medicaid nationwide. A majority of studies conducted about Medicaid expansion in Mississippi project net positive benefits economically, health-wise or both.

https://t.co/W75WFSiRSg

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

“These are very legitimate questions of whether or not this money is really going to end up doing anything.”

BP oil spill funds in Mississippi haven’t created many jobs. ⁦@CAnitaLee1⁩ ⁦@sunherald⁩ https://t.co/cQRRwMxzFL

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

@brandoncjones Did they just say "Dump Lake"?

Yes, yes they did: https://t.co/Vsf0xbqZ7X

[C.J. LeMaster @CJLeMaster]

$1.8 billion in federal funds gets sent to Mississippi lawmakers.

They appropriate less than 2% to Jackson for water/sewer fixes we estimate would cost $1.7 billion.

Here's a thread on Jackson's water crisis that some elected officials still aren't taking seriously. /1

[Adam Ganucheau @GanucheauAdam]

Apropos of... well, a lot:

I talked in 2017 to several Republican lawmakers in Kansas who voted to eliminate their state's income tax.

After their economy suffered, they all but begged Mississippi not to do the same.

"Use us as a cautionary tale..."

https://t.co/UjtF48fidS

[Sara DiNatale @sara_dinatale]

Just some factual context: Hospitals have been begging Gov. Reeves for CARES Act money bonuses to help keep nurses and other health care workers from leaving the state at alarming numbers. Reeves has been mostly silent on the request. (@MSTODAYnews stories below)

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

More than 5% of MS’s population will be in a football stadium today. No other state can match that.

[Adam Ganucheau @GanucheauAdam]

There will be 60,000+ for Jackson State and Alcorn State at The Vet today.

Ole Miss and Mississippi State will be lucky to have 50,000 each for their home games today.

Mississippi does college football really well — and it’s not just the SEC.

[Toren Ballard @TorenBallard]

Think teacher salaries in Mississippi are low? Try deducting taxes, retirement contributions, and insurance premiums. According to new data from @srebeducation the average FIFTEEN YEAR VETERAN is taking home just $28k a year

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

In other words, it’s Neshoba?

[WLBT 3 On Your Side @WLBT]

This year’s fair will take you back in time to the 1800s with its rides, storytelling, and campfires. https://t.co/pPHUxIY4fR

[Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are) @civilwardocfilm]

TONIGHT in Jackson, MS! #CivilWarDoc is coming to the Two Mississippi Museums at 5:30. FREE to the public!

Stay after for a panel discussion covering themes from the film and the current climate on Civil War and Reconstruction education within MS schools.
https://t.co/XbVxIUBQ7p

[Emily Liner @MsEmilyLiner]

Top 5 ways to support @friendlycitybks recovery from a car accident at the shop and #SaveFCB ⬇️

1️⃣ Donate at @gofundme https://t.co/z8knfqpewB

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

Which is why Mississippi continues to be the poorest and neediest state in the country

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

How many times have we heard MS’s leaders say they don’t have the money to (fix roads/fund schools/expand healthcare)? Well, now they have the money, but things still aren’t getting done. https://t.co/XyeQbTYblH

[Mississippi State Department of Health @msdh]

Today the state has surpassed all previous highs in Mississippians hospitalized for COVID-19. Hospitals are operating at emergency capacity to cope with the incoming flood of COVID-19 patients. Of the nearly 1,500 now in a hospital for COVID-19, more than 1,300 are unvaccinated.

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

Unvaccinated Mississippians are 40x more likely to be hospitalized and 28x more likely to die than the vaccinated -- which actually understates the disparity since the vaxxed population skews much older than the unvaxxed.

Please, please get your shots.

https://t.co/RvmhFHUCez

[LouAnn Woodward M.D. @LAWoodwardMD]

There were ZERO available ICU beds in Mississippi as of early this morning. None.
That means hospitals across the state may not be able to provide the level of care needed to you or your loved one. Not just for COVID-19 but FOR ANY EMERGENCY CARE.

[C.J. LeMaster @CJLeMaster]

Today's 3-day total of new reported #COVID19 cases sends Mississippi's 7-day average to 1,673.

Look at how much faster that average has climbed in this surge compared to last summer.

Our test positivity rate is now 19%, based on new weekly test numbers released today.

#wlbt

[Rethink Mississippi @RethinkMS]

Pastor @scott_stearman on how #Medicaid expansion is a moral imperative for Mississippians, and even more so for those that are religious.
https://t.co/HER5aRc5HR