In Mississippi, a defendant tortfeasor (or wrongdoer) can not have damages reduced by reason of amounts that plaintiff receives from independent sources like insurance, workers’ compensation, or Medicaid. Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Frierson, 818 So. 2d 1135 (Miss. 2002); Brandon HMA, Inc. v. Bradshaw, 809 So. 2d 611 (Miss. 2001) (a medical malpractice case).  This in known as the collateral source rule.  Both those decisions upheld verdicts in trials in which plaintiffs were allowed to prove medical damages by introducing the full face amount of the bills issued by health care providers, even though these exceeded the amounts Medicaid and Medicare actually paid, and plaintiffs were not responsible for the excess.