Mississippi Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, right, listens, as Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, left, asks a question of the House Medicaid Committee conferees about their estimated cost of Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)