Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered health care reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care.  As she has throughout her public career, the Senator has maintained a sharp focus on improving rural health care.

Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.


HYDE-SMITH BLASTS HEALTH CARE DELAYS AS INSURERS GET INBETWEEN PATIENTS & THEIR DOCTORS

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS HEALTH CARE DELAYS AS INSURERS GET INBETWEEN PATIENTS & THEIR DOCTORS

Hyde-Smith Delivers Floor Speech Encouraging Congress to Act on Two Bipartisan Bills to Curb Prior Authorization Requirements

060826 Prior Authorization Speech
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Urges Colleagues to Act on Legislation to Place Restrictions on Prior Authorization Power Held by Health Insurance Companies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sharply criticized the use of prior authorization by health...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEMO PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEMO PROGRAM

Magnolia State Joins CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program, Key to More Sustained Resources for Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the addition of Mississippi into a Medicaid demonstration program linked to additional resources for the state’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program.

Mississippi is among 10 new states included in the federal CCBHC...

MISS. LAWMAKERS SEEK TO RESTORE PROTECT LIFE RULE, KEEP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM SUPPORTING ABORTIONS

MISS. LAWMAKERS SEEK TO RESTORE PROTECT LIFE RULE, KEEP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM SUPPORTING ABORTIONS

Hyde-Smith, Wicker, Kelly, Guest Among Lawmakers Asking Trump HHS to Strike Biden-era Pro-Abortion Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) are part of push for the Trump administration to restore a rule to ensure Title X Family Planning Program funding does not support...

ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT--Resumed

ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT--Resumed

LEGISLATIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 113
(Senate - June 30, 2025) PDF

The Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] proposes an 
amendment numbered 2771 to amendment No. 2360.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To strike the provision to...

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SPORTS ACT (Executive Session)

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SPORTS ACT (Executive Session)

Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 42
(Senate - March 5, 2025) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to once again join my 
Republican colleagues in reaffirming our commitment to safeguarding the 
protections provided by...