Mississippi State Sen. Bradford Blackmon, D-Canton, foreground, listens as the legislative Medicaid conference committee presents their versions of the state Medicaid expansion plan during a public joint House-Senate Medicaid meeting at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, right, discusses the cost of Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting held at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, second from right, noting the empty seats on the right, expresses her disappointment that the state Senate conferees did not attend a meeting to discuss their legislative bodies respective legislative plans for the cost of Mississippi Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting held at the Mississippi State Capitol, Thursday, April 25, 2024. House negotiators Rep. Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, center, and Rep. Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, far left, attended the meeting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, right, expresses her disappointment that the state Senate conferees did not attend a meeting to discuss their legislative bodies plans for the cost of Mississippi Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting at the Mississippi State Capitol, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)