Welcome. 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 underserved people.
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Medicaid Assistance: Non-Smokers Only?
January 30, 2012 - Jackson Free Press
Medicaid recipients—and the agencies that provide services to them—could face a slew of new restrictions, including random drug tests, community service and nicotine testing if several bills in the Senate pass.
MHAP to Strengthen Health Care Reform Implementation in Mississippi
January 26, 2012 - Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
The Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) of Jackson, MS has been awarded a 3 year, $1.5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand the dialogue around health care reform and strengthen its implementation in Mississippi.
Health budget cut feared
January 22, 2012 - Clarion Ledger
Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million - the lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million.