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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  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.


Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill 

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill 

By Daily Leader Staff   

On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations bill that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi.  Committee member Sen. Cindy Hyde...

A year after Dobbs ... 

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A year after Dobbs ... 

Senator weighs in on state of pro-life movement

Jun 23, 2023  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today delivered a floor speech on the...

60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill

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60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill

By Aaron Dorman

A majority of Senators in Congress are working to implement permanent telehealth services access through Medicare.

Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, recently reintroduced the Creating...

The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.

By Andrea Fox

A...

U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

Brookhaven Daily Leader

U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

By Daily Leader Staff

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957) was introduced this week by Sen. Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, helped introduce the bipartisan legislation...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN PALLIATIVE & HOSPICE CARE

HYDE-SMITH HELPS REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN PALLIATIVE & HOSPICE CARE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation to address growing concerns about a shortage of palliative and hospice caregivers as the nation’s population grows older.

The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S.2243) would help ensure an adequate, appropriately trained workforce to provide pain and symptom management,...