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MHAP promotes health system change by developing innovative health and human services policy and monitoring implementation. The program also provides information and support to front-line workers and poor communities as they work to address problems at the local level. Mississippi Health Advocacy Programs (MHAP) combines research, analysis and grass-roots organizing to improve health policies, practices and funding in Mississippi, especially in support of the state's poor and under served people.



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Lawmakers expect to return in 2 weeks Clarion Ledger, 5/07/08
Dying for Coverage: Charting the Insurance Gap Miller-McCune, 5/06/08
Barbour's losing key soldier in Jim Perry Clarion Ledger, 5/04/08
Most agree cigarette tax hike coming sooner or later Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/04/08
EDITORIAL: Medicaid calculus Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/02/08
Wages tapped for Medicaid panel Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/02/08
Medicaid: Hospital Assn. right; raise the cig tax Clarion Ledger,5/02/08
Hospitals want cigrette tax in Medicaid talks Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/1/08
EDITORIAL: Taxation reform Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/30/08
Hospitals again call for tobacco tax Sun Herald, 4/30/08
State Legislature looks to solve $90 M deficit Daily Mississippian, 4/30/08
Mississippians' input on taxes sought Clarion Ledger, 4/29/08
Hospitals again call for tobacco tax Sun Herald, 4/30/08
EDITORIAL: Larger health issues Northeast MS Daily Journal 4/22/08
Congress may halt Medicaid funds cuts The Clarion Ledger, 4/22/08
BOBBY HARRISON: Differences, cordiality mark adjournment Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/22/08
Advocates urge elimination of in-person Medicaid interviews WREG-TV, 4/21/08
Medicaid Enrollment Process Questioned WLBT-TV, 4/21/08
Session ends but job is not done The Hattiesburg American, 4/21/08
Being uninsured can be hazardous to your health Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/20/08
How will we pay for health care? Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/20/08
EDITORIAL: Unfunded mandates Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/20/08
Hitt discusses governor's tax study commission: Local leaders disagree over cigarette tax The Meridian Star, 4/19/08
Though session ends today, unfinished business remains The Commerical Dispatch, 4/18/08
Unfinished business: Speical session to tackle Medicaid deficit Clarion Ledger, 4/18/08
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	Free Clinic Resource List
	MHAP has compiled a Free Clinic Resource List for Mississippians who are uninsured in North, Central and South Mississippi.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 Section-by-Section.pdf Prepared by the Committee on Energy and Commerce staff 9/24/07


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Not Much 'Aid' in Medicaid States Fail to Serve Needy
A majority of the 55 million mostly low-income Americans who rely on Medicaid are being poorly served, a new Public Citizen report shows. In Unsettling Scores, Public Citizen ranks state Medicaid programs from best to worst, detailing their deficiencies. Thirty states - including a number of large states - ranked at the bottom of one of the four categories analyzed.
FIND OUT how your state ranks. COMPARE all states. LEARN more. STUDY Mississippi's Ranking
Mississippi’s Medicaid Program: Impact of Recent Policy Changes on Enrollment 2007

Lewin Group MS Coverage Expansion Report: Executive Summary For a complete copy of the report please call 601.353.0845
Share Your Personal Experience in Healthcare
Mississippi Health Advocacy Programs is compiling a database that documents health care hardship stories. Stories about the experiences of people help make difficult and often complex policy issues understandable to a broader group. Reporters and policymakers find the stories useful to better illustrate the everyday struggles that Mississippians face concerning their health care. We obtain permission from each consumer before releasing his/her story. If you would like to share your personal experience, please click here.


The Effects of Face-to-Face Eligibility Deteminination of Mississippi Children

A report of the Mississippi Child & Family Health Study. The Recovery Divide: Poverty and the widening gap among Mississippi children and families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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