Pine Belt Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PUSH TO PRESERVE MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RURAL HOSPITALS

Bipartisan Senate Group Wants to Avoid September Expiration of Low Wage Index Hospital Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are part of a bipartisan effort to secure a four-year extension of a Medicare policy that allows rural hospitals to continue delivering quality care to their communities.    

The Mississippi Senators and 12 of their colleagues signed a...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT CRACK DOWN ON ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT ‘WOKE’ CORPORATIONS

Miss. Senators Cosponsor ‘Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to prohibit the federal government from entering into contracts with entities that promote anti-Second Amendment policies.

The Mississippi Senators are original cosponsors of the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination...

HYDE-SMITH, LANKFORD ACT TO STOP TAXPAYERS FROM PAYING FOR ABORTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing legislation that would give states the authority to exclude abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, from receiving state Medicaid funds.

The Women’s Public Health and Safety Act (S.471) would amend current law that requires states to allow any qualified provider to participate in a state’s...