JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Multiple pieces of legislation to expand Medicaid for working Mississippians are barreling through the Legislature.

House Democrats are advocating for their form of Medicaid expansion rather than the other two that have been released by House Speaker Jason White (R-District 48) and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R-Miss.).

The Democratic plan is a 50/50 hybrid form of expansion that includes a private insurance option and a premium that individuals would pay.

Mississippians making roughly $30,000 a year would be granted coverage through the Democratic plan. House Minority Leader Robert Johnson (D-District 94) said the plan covers 20,000 to 25,000 more working Mississippians than the Republican plan, all without a work requirement.

“Our plan, unlike House Bill 1725, our plan does not include a work requirement, something we’re vehemently opposed to. Contrary to what the proponents of a work requirement will tell you, the vast majority of our programs target population are already working or unable to do so,” Johnson stated.

The House Republican plan, House Bill 1725, would include a work requirement that makes the entire plant unlikely to be approved by the federal government. In that case, traditional Medicaid expansion would go into effect, according to the Republican bill.

Johnson did say that if it was between not passing a Medicaid expansion bill or passing one with a work requirement, Democrats would take the work requirement.