FIILE - Cassandra Welchlin, executive director of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, speaks during a news conference about the group’s push for legislators to extend postpartum Medicaid from 60 days to 12 months, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. A Mississippi law that takes effect Saturday, July 1, 2023, authorizes a full year of postpartum Medicaid coverage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
