Doctors with different backgrounds are giving their opinions on how medicaid is working in the state before lawmakers get down to the details of how it will run for the next three years.
Courtney ann jackson was there for today's hearing and joins us with a recap.
Doctors aren't asking for a full overhaul of the medicaid system but do want some tweaks made.
One thing dr. dustin genry says should remain---no cap on how many times those on medicaid can go to the doctor.
That was removed in 2018.
"it's in your best interest to keep it that way because just as soon as you start capping, they're going to go into the emergency room and be put into the hospital on a more frequent basis."
Another takeaway---it's not just care for adults they're considering.
"pediatricians are your medicaid workforce.
2/3 of the children in mississippi are on medicaid."
Coverage for women who've just delivered a baby has been extended to a full year because of the pandemic.
Obgyns are asking the state to consider putting a similar extension in for the future.
"the health care challenges that women face don't end at the end of their pregnancy."
While medicaid expansion wasn't brought up by lawmakers---the president of the state medical association ended his remarks with this request.
"inexcusably, we have forgone billions in federal assistance that would've helped our most vulnerable citizens.
We ask the legislature to act on expanding coverage in the upcoming session."
The mississippi health advocacy program points to medicaid expansion gaining new ground in other states that previously rejected it.
"covid 19 has caused us to re- evaluate our helathcare policies and choices.
So, it's time we re- evaluate our position on medicaid expansion as well.medicaid expansion has proven to save lives.
We've got so far to go in correcting all the health inequities of this state.
Let's start with medicaid expansion."
Courtney ann jackson, wcbi news" first look stinger first look summary: quiet weather is on tap for the rest of the work week and upcoming weekend.
The only fly in the ointment is a cold front late thursday that could spark a few isolated showers.
Much cooler friday & saturday.
Monday night: an early evening shower is possible then turning clear and quiet.
Lows in the low 50s.
Winds nw 4-10 mph.
Tuesday: bright sunshine and seasonably mild.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Winds n 5-15 mph.
The mississippi emergency management agency releases preliminary hurricane delta damage reports.
Those early reports are coming in from southwest mississippi.
Adams county, where natchez is located, is reporting damage to 27 homes.
Three of those houses were destroyed.
One business had major damage.
Claiborne county had six home impacted.
Jefferson, lincoln, and wilkinson counties also reported damage from delta's winds and rain.
The national weather service says the category 2 hurricane also spun off an ef-0 tornado in franklin county.
Intro some electric cooperatives are helping restore power in southwest mississippi.
The damage in louisiana is heavy after hurricane delta brought high winds and heavy flooding... --- just seven weeks after hurricane laura slammed the region.
David begnaud is in lake charles with a look at the damage... pkg this is creole, louisiana, on the gulf coast, where hurricane delta made landfall friday night with 100 miles per hour winds.
40 miles north of here is the city of lake charles.
Southwest louisiana is known for its oil refineries but surrounding the refineries as far as the eye can see is that sea of blue, blue tarps covering damaged homes that were hit by laura seven weeks ago and then by delta friday night.
Db- five people in that one camper.
Bl- and three dogs.
Db- wow.
This is where the labove family is living.
Brailee says her family moved out of their home after hurricane laura tore off most of the roof seven weeks ago.
Then friday evening the blue tarps covering the roof were ripped away during hurricane delta which allowed rainwater to pour in.
Even this building they got to temporarily house their belongings was flipped over by delta.
Brailee says her family lost their homes to hurricanes when she was five and eight years old.
She's now 19.
This is the first time we've come back to something that we can actually fix.
Exhausted..
Tracy joseph had no major damage during hurricane laura seven weeks ago.
She took in 5 family members left homeless by it.
Then last weekend they evacuated to houston for hurricane delta.
When they got back, they walked in to find this.
Half the ceiling is gone.
David begnaud, cbs news, in lake charles, louisiana.
New at 10 stinger goes here this was the scene in columbus around 5:30 this afternoon.
First responders were called out to columbus rubber and gasket on hwy 69 after this vehicle crashed into the shop.
In unclear if there are any injuries related to the accident.
Columbus police department as well as columbus fire and rescue responded to the scene.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
An inmate convicted of manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon dies in prison.
Mississippi department of corrections says 47-year-old krysta lesherri chewe died sunday at merit health central in jackson.
Mdoc says chewe had already been hospitalized there once this year.
Chewe was sentenced in december of 2019 in pontotoc county to 20 years for the manslaughter conviction and five years' probation for the other crime.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
It's been a busy 24 hours for west point police.
That's after three shootings early sunday morning.
Wcbi's bobby martinez talks with police chief avery cook who says officers continue to search for the gunman.
And also has a message to the people of west point... "it has gotten out of hand..
One shooting is enough."
Three shootings took place in a span of five hours..
Sot - avery cook - police chief - west point pd "we are on top of it and an investigation is going and we will make an arrest.
It was around 2:40 early sunday morning.
When police say a home was riddled with bullets on meadowbrook circle..
Then roughly four hours later..
The same scenario - but this time on high street.
Police say no injuries were reported in these two shootings..
"and it was here on grove street the final shooting of a long morning for police.
Where police say several shots were fired into a home.
Striking one victim.
That victim, is currently in stable condition according to police.
And chief avery cook wants the public to know, these shootings are all related but there is no need to panic."
Sot - avery cook - police chief - west point pd "the safety of west point is still in good hands, still in good shape.
We do want to let everybody know that this is three different incidents but they all are related.
There's no one that's going around terrorizing west point and just shooting up places.
All three shootings were connected in some way and we are investigating that now and we should be making it an arrest hopefully soon."
After talking to witnesses and collecting evidence, cook says the investigation is progressing.
Sot - avery cook - police chief - west point pd "we have some people of interest.
We have brought in person of interest and talk to him.
And we got some more that we are looking for that we are going to speak with those also."
Cook says three shootings in one day is rare in west point..
He credits his department for always being prepared.
Sot - avery cook - police chief - west point pd "that's what we do.
We are trained to do that, our officers are trained.
We can't be everywhere at the same time, but we try to patrol the city and like i said for west point, that is unusual but the officers they stay ready."
And anyone with any information is asked to contact west point police or the golden triangle crime stoppers..
Reporting in west point... bobby martinez wcbi news.
Two folks in oxford get a scary awakening after allegedly finding a man inside their homes.
Now, 19-year-old tyler murphy of ridgeland is charged with two counts of burglary-home invasion.
Oxford police say officers were called to the 2700 block of south lamar boulevard about 6:30 sunday morning about a man inside a home.
While looking for the suspect, a second call came from nearby about a man inside that caller's house.
Investigators say murphy matched the description given by the callers and was arrested after a short chase.
Murphy remains in jail.
Off top mississippi senate district 15 candidates prepare for a run- off.
Voters will go to the polls tomorrow to decide between candidates bart williams and joyce meek yates.
Williams owns security solutions in starkville.
Yates is from eupora and is the former director for the wellness program at mississippi state university.
We spoke with both candidates today about what they would bring to the table if elected... both had similar responses.
Sot "i don't know about jackson as much as i do about district 15.
Looking here at district 15, the things that people seem to be passionate about, education of course, how do we make it better?
How do we take the resources we've got and utilize them more effectively?
How do we get more resources for education?"é "i want to see industrial and agricultural growth.
I want to talk to teachers about what we can do to help the quality of education improve... they're working so hard now with covid and all the things, but they're doing great."
Senate district 15 includes parts of oktibbeha, webster, choctaw and montgomery counties.
Polls are open tomorrow from 7 a.m.
To 7 p.m.
Stinger summary: quiet weather is on tap for the rest of the work week and upcoming weekend.
The only fly in the ointment is a cold front late thursday that could spark a few isolated showers.
Much cooler friday & saturday.
Monday night: an early evening shower is possible then turning clear and quiet.
Lows in the low 50s.
Winds nw 4-10 mph.
Tuesday: bright sunshine and seasonably mild.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Winds n 5-15 mph.
Tuesday night: clear and cool.
Lows in the mid 40s.
Light winds.
Wednesday: sunny skies and warmer.
Highs in the low 80s.
Light southerly breezes.
Thursday: partly cloudy and warm.
Highs in the low 80s.
Additional clouds late in the day with a 20% chance of showers during the evening.
Friday: some morning clouds and the chance of a stray shower or two.
Turning sunny, breezy, and cool.
Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Weather will be great for high school football but jackets will be needed.
Saturday: bright sunshine.
A chilly start with morning temperatures possibly in the upper 30s.
Afternoon highs in the upper 60s.
Sunday: partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Follow @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, instagram, and the wcbi news app summary: quiet weather is on tap for the rest of the work week and upcoming weekend.
The only fly in the ointment is a cold front late thursday that could spark a few isolated showers.
Much cooler friday & saturday.
Monday night: an early evening shower is possible then turning clear and quiet.
Lows in the low 50s.
Winds nw 4-10 mph.
Tuesday: bright sunshine and seasonably mild.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Winds n 5-15 mph.
Tuesday night: clear and cool.
Lows in the mid 40s.
Light winds.
Wednesday: sunny skies and warmer.
Highs in the low 80s.
Light southerly breezes.
Thursday: partly cloudy and warm.
Highs in the low 80s.
Additional clouds late in the day with a 20% chance of showers during the evening.
Friday: some morning clouds and the chance of a stray shower or two.
Turning sunny, breezy, and cool.
Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Weather will be great for high school football but jackets will be needed.
Saturday: bright sunshine.
A chilly start with morning temperatures possibly in the upper 30s.
Stinger it's the result of 3 million injuries every year... after the break, we discuss concussions.
Health talk with baptist is next.
Stay with us.
Cash 3 lottery gfx goes here intro almost 3 million sports-related concussions happen every year.
And 5 out of 10 of them go undetected.
Tonight we speak with dr. lee richardson in part 1 of our conversation on concussions.
Here's health talk with baptist.
Pkg no script billboard attached stinger two weeks ago it seemed the bulldogs were on top of the world after defeating the defending champion l-s-u tigers... the past two weeks... mississippi state's offense has averaged only eight points per contest coming off a night they'd like to forget in lexington... falling to the wildcats 24- 2... it's the first time ever a mike leach led team didn't score a touchdown in a game kind of hard to score a touchdown when you're picked off six times..
Leach says no job on offense is solidified "we're going to have competition at nearly every position out there because we need to get the most cohesive group.
Just as far as being competitive at every position, it's what we need to do.
I think we need to take care of the football better for sure.
As i said in the last press conference, i don't think we're protecting well.
I don't think we're seeing the field well.
I don't think we're catching well or running routes very well."
To call saturday's matchup in oxford between ole miss and alabama a shootout... would be an understatement... the rebels and crimson tide scored a combined 111 points... which made it the highest scoring non- overtime game in sec history... after the game albama head coach nick saban made a comment saying quote "it seemed like everything we did they had an answer for it, i don't know if they had our signals or what"... ole miss' 48 points was the most points number two alabama allowed to an unranked opponent in the ap era... and lane kiffin addressed saban's comments , .
First of all i never even paid attention to signals.
I didn't even know they were there.
This is also a new coordinator.
I love coach and have a ton of respect for him but if you understand tempo, a signal wouldn't help us.
We call the play basically before the last play is even over.
Before they even mark the ball, we call our play.
They're scrambling to get their guys lined up and it wouldn't do them any good.
But the time someone were to relay that to us we are already snapping the ball another week of endzone is in the books filled with big wins, upsets and highlight plays!
Lets take a look at our wcbi endzone top 5 plays of week 6!
#5 from our game #5 from our game of the week....itawamba versus shannon....indians tae chandler breaks off a 45 yard run down the sidelines...dives in for 6!!
Indians get the win 12-6 #4 choctaw county versus houston.
Charger's tylan carter scrambles and finds justin jenkins in the back of the endzone for the td!!
Chargers go onto to get the win 59-36 #3 back to our game of the week....this time shannon's defense with the big play.....raiders get the sack and force a fumble....luther foster with the scoop and score td for the d #2 hamilton taking on tcps....noah foster recovers the kickoff and does the rest!!!
55 yard return td..eagles fly high and win 52-27 #1 in west alabama...sulligent versus winston county....jordan mastin gets the jet sweep, hits the outside and puts on the burners!!!
75 yard td run for the blue devils.... and those are your top 5 plays.
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