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.
MANCHIN & HYDE-SMITH LEAD BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
MANCHIN & HYDE-SMITH LEAD BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led a bipartisan group of 19 Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider the needs of rural hospitals and hospitals with high percentages of Medicaid and Medicare patients as HHS distributes the $100 billion healthcare fund included in the CARES Act...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 20 community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health center funding stems from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) enacted on March 27. This historic legislation provides $1.32 billion in...
HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS
HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Friday signed a bipartisan letter that encourages federal health officials to consider solutions to protect Medicare beneficiaries from high-risk settings and ensure safe access to care as the nation continues to work to combat COVID-19.
The letter, sent Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare &...
TEC bridging ‘digital divide’ to Pine Belt area
Bay Springs Impact
TEC bridging ‘digital divide’ to Pine Belt area
By Heath Walley, Jasper County News Editor
Rural Mississippians in five local counties that have been seeking and begging for reliable internet service over the years may finally have something coming their way.
A digital bridge...
Hyde-Smith gets flu shot, encourages others to do so
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith gets flu shot, encourages others to do so
Photo submitted Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven received a flu shot this week and encouraged all Mississippians to get one, as well.
By Daily Leader Staff
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven received a flu...
Congress Should Act to Address Long-Term Economic Ramifications of COVID-19
Mississippi Municipalities
Congress Should Act to Address Long-Term Economic Ramifications of COVID-19
By Cindy Hyde-Smith, U.S. Senator
October 2020 Volume 69 Number 3
We find ourselves this fall in a reality no one could have predicted last spring before the novel coronavirus disrupted every...