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.
HYDE-SMITH VOTES WITH SENATE ON MAJOR OPIOID CRISIS LEGISLATION
HYDE-SMITH VOTES WITH SENATE ON MAJOR OPIOID CRISIS LEGISLATION
Miss. Senator Worked to Ensure Greater Telehealth Usage to Treat Opioid Addiction
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation to significantly ramp up federal efforts to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and other opioids, while also strengthening programs to treat abuse and addiction to the highly-addictive drugs.
Hyde-Smith worked to include telehealth provisions in...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO SEND PRESIDENT A BILL WITH ADDED FUNDING FOR VETERANS CARE & BENEFITS
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO SEND PRESIDENT A BILL WITH ADDED FUNDING FOR VETERANS CARE & BENEFITS
Senate Completes Action on FY2019 Military Construction-VA Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted to send President Trump a funding bill that will provide record-setting funding levels for veterans care, including an additional $1.25 billion to implement the VA MISSION Act.
The Senate voted 92-5 to...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION
Mississippi Senator Supports Two Bills to Protect Infants & Youths
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her sponsorship of two pro-life bills, including a measure to ensure that babies who survive abortion attempts are given the same standard of medical care afforded to babies born during childbirth.
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S.220) would ensure medical practitioners provide necessary...
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
The Enterprise-Tocsin
Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Roll Call
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Doctors, advocates, lawmakers call for permanent lifting of telehealth restrictions once current emergency eases
By Gopal Ratnam
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York...
Thank you Cindy Hyde-Smith for showing the leadership to publicly (and smartly) wear a face mask
Magnolia State Live
Thank you Cindy Hyde-Smith for showing the leadership to publicly (and smartly) wear a face mask
By The Associated Press
One of Mississippi’s two U.S. Senators who attended a press conference Wednesday wore a face mask, as state and federal health authorities advise all...