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  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.


WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST CALL FOR MEDICARE TELEHEALTH BENEFITS EXTENSION

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST CALL FOR MEDICARE TELEHEALTH BENEFITS EXTENSION

Legislators Highlight Importance of Telehealth to Healthcare Access during Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today were among a group of 45 legislators calling for the extension of expanded coverage of telehealth services.

In a letter to congressional leadership, the legislators noted that a short-term...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REVERSE 'BIASED, PARTIAL, AND UNJUST' NATIONAL LIVER DISTRIBUTION POLICY 

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REVERSE 'BIASED, PARTIAL, AND UNJUST' NATIONAL LIVER DISTRIBUTION POLICY 

Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Criticizing Policy that Harms Transplant Patients in the South and Midwest

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 14 colleagues to pressure Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to reverse the Biden administration’s flawed national liver distribution policy. 

Wic...

Republican lawmakers move forward on FORMULA Act to combat shortages

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Republican lawmakers move forward on FORMULA Act to combat shortages

By Sarah Ulmer

Senators Roger Wicker, Mike Lee (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Bill Cassidy (M.D., R-La) have introduced the Fixing Our Regulatory Mayhem Upsetting Little Americans...