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Miss. Assessors: Car tag costs will spike
Clarion Ledger, April 2, 2009
House and Senate leaders want to use a proposed cigarette tax hike to fill the shortfall, but they’ve been unable to agree on how much the 18-cent tax should be raised. Lawmakers recessed the 2009 regular legislative session Wednesday 11 cents apart on an agreement.
Lawmakers Pennies Away From Reaching Cigarette Tax Agreement
WLBT, April 1, 2009
But without some agreement, car tags will double due to a short fall at the state tax commission and most importantly, young people will continue to smoke.
[Agho] Cover The Uninsured
Jackson Free Press, March 26, 2009
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has designated this week “Cover the Uninsured Week” to bring attention and awareness to this increasing problem. It has been an annual event for the past seven years.
Cigarette tax hike appears doomed for ‘09
The Clarion Ledger, March 26, 2009
“Big Tobacco won once again,” Katherine Bryant, public advocacy director for the American Heart Association, said after watching the negotiations fizzle.
“We won’t give up,” said Kimberly Hughes, government relations director for the American Cancer Society. “We’ve been working on this since 2002. There may still be a chance.”
Health groups continue push for Miss. tobacco tax
Associated Press, March 24, 2009
Roy Mitchell, director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, said a tax close to $1 a pack will discourage young people from smoking.
Let’s Get America Covered!
Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Cover the Uninsured Week (March 22-29), Join thousands of other Americans by getting involved in this year’s Cover the Uninsured Week. We need comprehensive health care reform to ensure all Americans have access to affordable health care coverage.
Cigarette tax hike moving through Capitol
WLBT, March 17, 2009
This is the seventh year the non-profits coalition, Communities for a Clean Bill of Health has petitioned the state legislature to pass a one dollar cigarette tax. But with lawmakers only days away from an agreement, this group made one more effort to influence their decision.
GOP senators cross aisle to kill plan for new hospital tax
The Commercial Dispatch, March 6, 2009
“The only results of this in-person interview requirement have been millions in new administrative costs and thousands of children being left without health care,” the MHAP said in a report issued Wednesday.
Senators expecting fed aid nix hospital hike for Medicaid
The Clarion Ledger, March 6, 2009
Further changes to the bill removed requirements for children 16 and younger to attend in-person interviews to re-enroll in CHIP. A recent federal heath-care expansion offers financial incentives for states that enroll more kids who are eligible.
CALL YOUR SENATOR AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE FACE-TO-FACE
Posted Thursday, March 05, 2009
Today, Senate may debate House Bill 105, a bill that would fund and reauthorize Mississippi’s Medicaid Program. An amendment to eliminate the face-to-face recertification requirement for children who are Medicaid/CHIP beneficiaries will be offered on the Senate floor. Call Your Senator at (601) 359-3770