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. She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.
MANCHIN & HYDE-SMITH LEAD BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
MANCHIN & HYDE-SMITH LEAD BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led a bipartisan group of 19 Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider the needs of rural hospitals and hospitals with high percentages of Medicaid and Medicare patients as HHS distributes the $100 billion healthcare fund included in the CARES Act...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 20 community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health center funding stems from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) enacted on March 27. This historic legislation provides $1.32 billion in...
HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS
HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Friday signed a bipartisan letter that encourages federal health officials to consider solutions to protect Medicare beneficiaries from high-risk settings and ensure safe access to care as the nation continues to work to combat COVID-19.
The letter, sent Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare &...
COVID-19 pandemic dramatically alters school lunch programs across U.S.
Washington Times
COVID-19 pandemic dramatically alters school lunch programs across U.S.
USDA should continue to extend "universal free lunch"
By Brian McNicoll, ANALYSIS/OPINION
No more cafeteria food fights. No more rules against eating in class. No more scrounging for change to pay for school...
Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments
KNSS Radio Wichita, Kan.
Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments
KNSS NEWS
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs – led a group of 11 Senators in urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. House of Representatives...
Marco Rubio Urges Treasury Department be More Flexible With CARES Act Relief Funds
Florida Daily
Marco Rubio Urges Treasury Department be More Flexible With CARES Act Relief Funds
By Florida Daily
At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., signed a letter to U.S. Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin calling on him to increase the flexibility of the CARES Act Coronavirus...