@QasimRashid I know from experience this is true

@QasimRashid So sad. These folks vote against their own self interests to own the Libs.

@QasimRashid thank you for bringing attention to this situation. This will be a devastating blow to an already dire situation.

@QasimRashid They should do a gofundme. People from all round the world would donate to keep it going, to stick it to the racists.

@QasimRashid wow, killing your citizens to own the libs

@QasimRashid Unbelievable. Brett Favre was given $70 million from the public assistance fund. The poorest state in the country. The state refused Medicaid expansion.

@QasimRashid This country, I'm sorry to say, is an abomination.

@QasimRashid I hate it here.

@QasimRashid their calculative cruelty and racism never stops.

@QasimRashid not sure why you are emphasizing race so much in this. Take the racial lens off. Government subsidies of a hospital that does not have the financial support from county tax base is not a long term solution

@QasimRashid Mississippi has been among the poorest, least educated states in the nation for as long as I can remember. It has also been a red state for as long as I can remember. It all seems intentional at this point, and yet the voters reliably vote republican time and again. Clearly, the haves are being taken care of while the have-nots continue to suffer.

@QasimRashid seems like the UMMC had an opportunity but did not see a future in this hospital either. Are they racist too? Privileged? https://mississippitoday.org/2022/11/04/ummc-wont-save-greenwood-leflore/

@QasimRashid Black population, white government. Reminds me of Apartheid South Africa.

@QasimRashid exactly. the wrecking crew has been at it for decades.

@QasimRashid Black people need to have a migration strategy.

@QasimRashid doesn’t this discussion belong on twitter.

@QasimRashid This really is sad; I spent the better part of 2 years doing contracted EHR deployments at GLH. It was grueling work; sleeping in a hotel with very few restaurants to dine in. But it was always worth it because the people there desperately needed quality & efficient healthcare. And they were just good damn people. This is really devastating to see.

@QasimRashid Imagine if all that money stolen by Republican Politicians and funneled to Brett Farve had actually gone to people that needed it or to Hospitals to increase services instead of slashing them. How much does the administrative team make all the while demanding more from less staff?! SMFH

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Nowhere in the article did I see any of the facts you mentioned. It’s because NBC is more concerned with not offending people than fully informing them.

@QasimRashid re: “Mississippi is America’s Blackest state” — if voting rights were truly intact, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and other Southern states wouldn’t be so reliably red states.

@QasimRashid Took wife to a Urgent Care/Emergency room up here in the state of Washington. The contracted nurse from Alabama was highly surprised most everyone was insured up here. Hmmmm….

@QasimRashid as someone from the rest of the world - why? Why would they reject funding for health care? Why does the population keep voting in the rich white men who do that?

@QasimRashid this is just not right, we can not let this happen in 2022

@QasimRashid Racism and government corruption are among the many reasons I left the state. I realize in retrospect that if everyone leaves who can it won't get better, but my mental health couldn't take it anymore

@QasimRashid It literally is a form of genocide. Or the elected officials are imbeciles (odds are both) The Federal government covers 90% of the expansion so it is asinine to say no. Furthermore most of these states already are federal welfare states so it is baffling. Then add the dimension that COVERING low income people SAVES money. Prevention is way cheaper than getting primary care in an ER

@QasimRashid I wonder how much of this is based on the state government not wanting any "strings attached" to the funding. I'm not saying racism doesn't play a part but I imagine other factors motivate this decision as well. Perhaps they think this gives them more "freedom"?

@QasimRashid How can people reject funding for healthcare!! Or perhaps people they ain’t 🤬🤬🤬🤬

@QasimRashid reminds me of US soccer changing Iran's flag-claiming support re:women's rights/Iran. Why not speak up agst rights taken from women in US and rights to health care denied to low income populations. Delete stars on flag corresponding to no. of states that do not allow women's rights, health care. Will the US continue 2 be the pot calling the kettle black?

@QasimRashid this.

@QasimRashid My Mother came to Mississippi in 1956 as a young bride from Chicago. She was bright, cultured and energetic. She soon adopted a cause, getting the local city council to fund a public library that would be easily available to everyone. They were quickly told by a prominent council member (old, white male, of course) that “Anyone who NEEDS to read can afford to buy their own books.” This is the definitive attitude.

@QasimRashid This is a sad example of what is happening in so many states controlled by the Republican party.

@QasimRashid, but, you know, freedom! And, uh, emails... um, and CRT. So there.

@QasimRashid The Democrats need to get out the vote in Mississippi!

@QasimRashid Yes. They do the same with public education.

@QasimRashid so why is the Federal Govt allowing disunity among the USA?

@QasimRashid The hospital is doing what Republicans intended it to do by closing. That is what the people in power intended to happen by refusing to expand Medicaid.

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It’s equally a damnation of the way the Medicaid system is administered by the law passed by Democrats in 1965, no doubt to appease racist Dixiecrats.