Md. Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns with Colom in Jackson, stresses health care
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., campaigned with Mississippi Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom in Jackson on Saturday and urged voters to support him because he will prioritize access to affordable health care, Mississippi Today reported.
Alsobrooks joined Colom and several health care advocates at the Capital Club in downtown Jackson, where speakers pointed to Mississippi’s poor maternal health metrics and argued the state needs a senator who will vote to block cuts to Medicaid, Mississippi Today reported. Around a dozen people shared stories about struggles obtaining affordable care and about family members who died giving birth in the state, the outlet said.
Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign, and federal data cited by Mississippi Today show active enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans in Mississippi fell by about 70,000 people between February 2025 and February 2026, a nearly 25% drop. The story said people are dropping plans after enhanced federal tax credits that made coverage more affordable expired in December; Congress first authorized the expanded subsidies in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi Today reported.
Both Colom and Alsobrooks criticized Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for backing the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, which they say slashed Medicaid benefits and mainly provided tax breaks for higher-income earners, Mississippi Today reported. Jake Monssen, Hyde-Smith’s campaign manager, told Mississippi Today in a statement that he encourages Colom’s campaign to “continue campaigning on raising taxes and giving illegal immigrants free healthcare.” Mississippi Today also said Alsobrooks planned to speak at a town hall on voting rights Saturday evening with Rep. Bennie Thompson and Mississippi NAACP Director Charles Taylor and that she is the first U.S. senator to campaign for Colom and the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland, as well as the third Black woman elected to the Senate.
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