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.  As she has throughout her public career, the Senator has maintained a sharp focus on improving rural health care.

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, HOUSE LAWMAKERS PRESS HHS TO END HIDDEN ABORTION SURCHARGE

SENATE, HOUSE LAWMAKERS PRESS HHS TO END HIDDEN ABORTION SURCHARGE

Sen. Hyde-Smith & Rep. Cloud Lead Letter Seeking Swift Action to Replace Obama-era Rule on Abortion Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate and House lawmakers, led by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Congressman Michael Cloud (R-Texas), today pressed the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) to quickly finalize a rule to end a hidden surcharge within many health plans that funds elective abortion services.

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO ENSURE ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO ENSURE ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING

Bipartisan Bill Would Stop Recommendation Limiting Screening for Women in Their 40s

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is taking action to ensure women in their 40s have access to lifesaving breast cancer screenings by cosponsoring legislation to halt a federal recommendation that would limit insurance coverage for this preventative care procedure.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Protecting...

SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS

SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS

(A joint news release originating from the Office of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act to halt the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion services.

“Sixty percent of Americans oppose their tax dollars being used to...

South Delta deserves pumps

Northside Sun, Jackson

South Delta deserves pumps

By Jeff North

How many times have you heard that the best predictor of the future is the past? Maybe the classic adage “history always repeats itself” aptly describes the phenomenon that we are still experiencing. The Bible describes pestilence...