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Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered healthcare reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care.  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.

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.


Walgreens expands opioid drop boxes

News Mississippi

Walgreens expands opioid drop boxes

By Alex Paton

Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen are partnering to expand their safe medication disposal program in Mississippi. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith encouraged the public to take advantage of the opioid drop boxes as part of an “all...

Retailer adds medication drop-off box

DeSoto Times-Tribune

Retailer adds medication drop-off box

By Bob Bakken

DeSoto County is now a home for a program undertaken by two companies in Mississippi to fight an escalating drug and opioid problem.

In a collaboration between Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen, 11 Safe Medication Disposal...

Forrest General Awarded $472k for Telemedicine Equipment

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Forrest General Awarded $472k for Telemedicine Equipment
 
By Staff Reports
 
Forrest County General Hospital is one of four state groups who will split a $1.9 million award to support distance learning and telemedicine program in 15 Mississippi counties.
 
FGH’s take is $472,835...

Senators clash over abortion fee rule

Roll Call 

Senators clash over abortion fee rule

By Sandhya Raman

Senate Democrats and Republicans at odds over a proposed rule that would change how individuals are billed for abortion coverage sent two competing letters to Health and Human Services this week.

The public comment period...

Preliminary 116th Roster: Senate Appropriations

CQ Roll Call

Preliminary 116th Roster: Senate Appropriations

CQ News

Following is a preliminary roster for the 116th Congress for the Senate Appropriations Committee, released by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Jan. 3 (Republicans) and by Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., on...

Pro-Life Sens. Urge HHS Dept. to Undo Obamacare’s Abortion Mandate

Liberty Headlines

Pro-Life Sens. Urge HHS Dept. to Undo Obamacare’s Abortion Mandate

By Kaylee McGhee

A group of Republican senators submitted a letter to the Trump administration this week, encouraging the adoption of an Obamacare rules clarification that would ensure pro-life consumers...

Tony Perkins: Shining a Light on Obamacare’s Abortion Surcharge

CNS News

Tony Perkins: Shining a Light on Obamacare’s Abortion Surcharge

By Tony Perkins

If anyone has a full mailbox, it's HHS Secretary Alex Azar. Republicans and Democrats are keeping the agency chief in reading material with a set of dueling letters over a new rule that would finally...