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 She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.
HYDE-SMITH MEETS NEW VA SEC. ROBERT WILKIE
HYDE-SMITH MEETS NEW VA SEC. ROBERT WILKIE
Senator Commits to Helping Secretary Wilkie Improve VA Services for Veterans
PHOTO: VA Secretary Robert Wilkie and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith discuss veterans care, Mississippi links.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she looks forward to working with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie, who she met with only a day after he was sworn into office.
Hyde-Smith supported Wilkie’s confirmation...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO FUND WORKFORCE TRAINING, RURAL HEALTH & OPIOID ABUSE PREVENTION
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO FUND WORKFORCE TRAINING, RURAL HEALTH & OPIOID ABUSE PREVENTION
Senate Committee Approves FY2019 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of an appropriations bill that will boost workforce training programs, rural health initiatives, and opioid treatment and prevention.
The FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill was approved, 30...
KEEPING PROMISES TO VETERANS
KEEPING PROMISES TO VETERANS
By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
Generations of American men and women have served our country in the Armed Forces and sacrificed to protect our freedoms. In gratitude, promises are made to them that the federal government has sometimes failed to keep like it should. This is a problem I'm committed to working to improve so veterans and their families get the benefits they earned through their service.
The responsibility for keeping our commitments...
Port Gibson health facility to receive federal money to expand COVID-19 testing
Vicksburg Post
Port Gibson health facility to receive federal money to expand COVID-19 testing
By Staff Reports
For weeks, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Claiborne County remained in the single digits. It then crept higher, before spiking in the past week to now 33 confirmed cases.
Th...
National Nurses Day: Celebrating nurses as superheroes
WTOK-TV Meridian
National Nurses Day: Celebrating nurses as superheroes
Posted: Wed 4:34 PM, May 06, 2020
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Anderson Regional Health System adopted a superhero theme for its observance of National Nurses Day.
Nurses were also treated to breakfast as a way of saying thanks...
SBA loans now available for Miss. agribusinesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
SBA loans now available for Miss. agribusinesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic
By WDAM Staff
WASHINGTON (WDAM) - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect the economy, including Mississippi’s agriculture and agribusiness industry.
Assistance through the Small...