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.
LYME TIME: We Did It!
Boothbay (Maine) Register
LYME TIME: We Did It!
By Paula Jackson Jones
Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
American Medical Association
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
Kevin B. O'Reilly, News Editor, American Medical Association
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth...
New Congressional Bill Would Ban Abortions Nationwide on Babies With Down Syndrome
Life News
New Congressional Bill Would Ban Abortions Nationwide on Babies With Down Syndrome
By Micaiah Bilger
WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to stop discrimination-based abortions, a group of U.S. senators introduced a bill this week to prohibit abortions on unborn babies with Down syndrome.
The...