Maybe health care policy just isn’t Gov. Tate Reeves’ thing
With his fellow Republican leaders set against him and pushing Medicaid expansion through the Legislature, Gov. Tate Reeves had a statewide platform last week with his State of the State address to warn Mississippians of the perils of this policy. But he said nothing. Zilch. He didn’t even mention the state’s dire, long-running health care problems that rival third-world areas. Instead, he’s tweeted about it. Actually, he mainly just retweeted Donald Trump’s erudite, well-thought argument against Medicaid expansion: “Obamacare Sucks!!!” But later last week, as GOP-led expansion legislation continued moving through the Legislature, Reeves elaborated on his well-reasoned, detailed argument …