Delta Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH SERVICES, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND CUT COSTS
 
Bipartisan Legislation would Expand Telehealth Services to Benefit Medicare Beneficiaries

VIDEO:  CONNECT for Health News Conference.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a bipartisan effort to expand telehealth services through Medicare as a means to improve health outcomes, make it easier for patients to connect with their...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RETAIN STATE FLEXIBILITY WITH TRUMP HEALTH INSURANCE WAIVER POLICY

Miss. Senator Rejects Democrat Resolution as Political Stunt & Unhelpful for Improving American Healthcare System

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to reject a Senate Democratic effort to unravel President Trump’s work to give states greater flexibility in administering mandates built into the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare).

The Senate voted 43-52 on Thursday...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT RURAL CO-OPS ACCESS TO BROADBAND GRANTS, FEMA DISASTER RELIEF

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation now cosponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) would allow rural cooperatives to receive grants and disaster relief assistance without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.

Hyde-Smith has thrown her support behind the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands (RURAL) Act (S.1032).  The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure tax-exempt...