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 She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.
Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse
WTVA-TV Tupelo
Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse
Two local community health centers have been awarded thousands of dollars to implement treatments for opioid and substance abuse.
By Zach Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Two local community health centers have...
Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start
By Michaela Gibson Morris
TUPELO - Northeast Mississippi addiction recovery professionals were glad to see the U.S. Senate pass legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic on Monday.
“It’s a...
U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation
News Mississippi
U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation
By Alex Paton
Mississippi’s U.S. Senators voted to pass legislation that would significantly ramp up the federal efforts to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and other various opioids while also working to strengthen programs to treat abuse...