MEDICAID - 2006

Medicaid tax on hospitals postpond
Daily Journal, 10/16/06
Alternate Medicaid plan may still fall short
Sun Herald, 8/10/06
Barbour: New Mediciaid formula faire
Madison County Journal, 8/02/06
Hospital association draws line in sand on Medicaid fee
NE Daily Journal, 7/26/06
Medicaid's $90M question
Clarion-Ledger,7/16/06
Hospitals protest new Medicaid tax
Daily Leader , 6/29/06
Medicare announces speical election period for low-income beneficiaries and those affected by Katrina
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Dept. of Health, 06/15/06
Mississippi Medicaid Drug Policy Limiting Prescription Drugs soon will be lifted for HIV
Kaiser Health Policy Report, Jan. 31, 2006
Budget to hurt poor people on Medicaid
The New York Times, 1/30/06

Tobacco - 2006
Governor vetoes tax bill, again
NE Daily Journal ,3/16/06

Katrina - 2005

Coast's medical needs a long-term problem
Clarion-Ledger, 11/30/05
White House Balks at Bipartisan Senate Proposal to Expand Medicaid for Katrina
Cover TheUninsuredWeek.org-May 1-8, 2005
Katrina - related health insurance relief moves forward in Congress
Daily Journal,9/15/05

MEDICAID - 2005

Full Medicaid funding passes U.S. hurdle
NE Daily Journal, 10/28/05
Healthcare Advocates Protest Medicaid Cuts
WLBT-TV 3 ,8/05/05
Medicaid recipients down by 20,000
Clarion-Ledger,7/22/05
U.S. Faults Medicaid Accounting in 15 States
New York Times 4/12/05
Medicaid Patients File Suit
WTOK-TV, 12/16/05

Tobacco - 2005

Residents voice support for cigarette tax increase
North East Journal; 03/10/05
Seeing Clearly Through the Smoke
Matthew Myers; Sun Herald; 03/02/05
Cigarette Tax Dies in Nunnelee's Committee
North East Journal; 03/02/05