Her grandfather helped bring Medicaid to Mississippi 55 years ago. Today, she's pushing for expansion.

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Her grandfather helped bring Medicaid to Mississippi 55 years ago. Today, she's pushing for expansion.

Supporters of Medicaid expansion would argue that it is wholly appropriate that Leah Hendrix has recently been a featured speaker in rallies at the state Capitol in favor of providing health care coverage for primarily working poor Mississippians. No doubt, her activism brings symmetry. Hendrix, a Jackson mother of four and the wife of a physician, is the granddaughter of Alton Cobb, the state’s former longtime state health officer who played a …