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  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE GAS STOVE BAN, PRESS AGENCY FOR CLARIFICATION

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE GAS STOVE BAN, PRESS AGENCY FOR CLARIFICATION

Miss. Senators, Colleagues Warn CPSC to Avoid Regulatory Overreach 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed their strong opposition to a suggested federal ban on gas stoves and pressed the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for clarification of the agency’s regulatory outlook.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 10 Senators who wrote CPSC Chairman Alexander...

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CDC bill looks to bring better health care to rural areas

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
 
CDC bill looks to bring better health care to rural areas
 
By Trey Howard
 
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Healthcare help is on the horizon for many living in rural parts of the country- including people in Mississippi.
 
President Joseph Biden signed a bill last month that will...

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FDA Permits Retail Pharmacies To Distribute Abortion Pills

MRC TV 

FDA Permits Retail Pharmacies To Distribute Abortion Pills

By Tierin Mandelburg

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Jan. 3 that it would permit retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States. From “corner drugstores to major chains,” obtaining a pill to end...

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Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

DeSoto County News

Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

October 14, 2022  Bob Bakken 
 
Lawmakers seek commitment to finish probe into schemes linked to high prescription drug costs

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the...

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Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

Roll Call 

Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

The state, 34th in population, nonetheless received more than $50 million worth of health-focused earmarks in 2022

By Lauren Clason

Mississippi, the country’s poorest state and its second unhealthiest, was one of the top...

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Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses At-Risk Rural Hospitals

Clarksdale Press Register

Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses At-Risk Rural Hospitals

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Wed,11/23/22-12:00PM, 247 Reads

At a hearing in the build-up to writing the nation’s agriculture production law, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith used the dire outlook of rural hospitals in...

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