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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Texas health care plan must provide coverage for pregnancy and birth, a move that could potentially affect more than 2.4 million people in the state who have health insurance but do not have coverage for birth control or other essential health...

In 2018, Mississippi had a whopping $1.2 trillion in uncompensated care and medical costs, according to the Mississippi Health Department.That’s more than $500 per capita.“It’s a staggering amount of money and it affects a lot of our residents,” said Dr. David Foy, a professor of preventive medicine at the...