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 COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT
Expanding Critical Access Hospital Status to More Rural Hospitals Would Increase Medicare Payment Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare payments.
Hyde-Smith is cosponsored the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (S.3103), which would update Medicare...
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY
President Trump Signs Bill Increasing Flexibility of the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she expects Mississippi businesses to take advantage of reforms to the successful Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was created in the CARES Act to help small businesses survive the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump on Friday...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS
Long-Term Fix to Medicare Wage Index Formula Would Address Disparity Benefiting Bigger States
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today threw her support behind legislation to increase Medicare payments to rural states like Mississippi, which could help rural Mississippi hospitals ease growing financial pressures.
Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and...
Hyde-Smith says bill to avoid government shutdown must help farmers and ranchers
News Mississippi
Hyde-Smith says bill to avoid government shutdown must help farmers and ranchers
By Andi Davis
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith warns key agriculture and conservation programs will “come to a screeching halt” on October 1st if Congress fails to include a key provision in...
Sen. Moran urges HHS to address companies undermining drug pricing program
WIBW TV Topeka, Kan.
Sen. Moran urges HHS to address companies undermining drug pricing program
By Sarah Motter
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran is joining a bipartisan effort urging Health and Human Services to address pharmaceutical companies undermining a federal program.
Senato...
Hyde-Smith Asks For Agency Plans To Get COVID-19 Vaccines To Rural Areas
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Asks For Agency Plans To Get COVID-19 Vaccines To Rural Areas
On Wed, 09/16/2020 - 02:57 PM
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sought details of how federal agencies plan to ensure the availability and distribution of an anticipated COVID-19...