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 STRESSES NEED FOR STRONG HHS RESPONSE TO RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURES
HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR STRONG HHS RESPONSE TO RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURES
At Hearing on HHS Budget, Senator Cites “Very Critical” Rural Hospital Problems
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and HHS Secretary Azar on Rural Hospitals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for federal action to address the risk of rural hospitals closing in Mississippi and other rural states.
Hyde-Smith raised the rural hospital issue at a Senate Labor, Health and Human...
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS EFFORT TO OVERCOME DEMOCRAT FILIBUSTER OF TRUMP NOMINEES
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS EFFORT TO OVERCOME DEMOCRAT FILIBUSTER OF TRUMP NOMINEES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted in support of a new effort to overcome persistent and ongoing Democratic filibusters of even the most noncontroversial Trump nominees.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Rules Committee, said Democratic obstructionism to hundreds of people nominated by President Trump is having an effect on how federal services are delivered to Mississippians.
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HYDE-SMITH: MISSISSIPPI RECEIVES ADDITIONAL $3.98 MILLION FOR OPIOID RESPONSE
HYDE-SMITH: MISSISSIPPI RECEIVES ADDITIONAL $3.98 MILLION FOR OPIOID RESPONSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that Mississippi has been awarded an additional $3.98 million to increase access to opioid treatments.
The state will use the grant, funded through the State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant program, to treat opioid addiction and to reduce unmet treatment needs.
“This funding will allow Mississippi to continue responding to this pervasive problem...
Capito, GOP colleagues send letter to FBI and ATF on Firearms Background Check System during Coronavirus Pandemic
Buckhannon (W.Va.) Record Delta
Capito, GOP colleagues send letter to FBI and ATF on Firearms Background Check System during Coronavirus Pandemic
Posted May 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter today to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director...
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Feedstuffs
USDA announces $470m in food purchases
Purchases included $120 million in dairy products, $30 million each in pork products, chicken, and catfish products and $50 million in turkey products.
By Jacqui Fatka
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday details of $470...
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
Roll Call
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
VIDEO
By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...