Reauthorization of SCHIP places focus on low-income children
Clarion Ledger, 12/31/07
CHIP: Children's healtlh should be a priority
Clarion Ledger, 12/22/07
Congress OK's bill extending children's health insurance program
Clarion Ledger, 12/21/07
Health care crisis in Miss. can no longer be ignored
Clarion Ledger, 12/19/07
Funds bring specialized care to rural Mississippians
Clarion Ledger, 12/18/07
15 mental health centers face shutdown
Hattiesburg American, 12/18/07
Lack of Medicaid reimbursements cited as reason for possible layoffs
MeridanStar.com, 12/13/07
Lawmakers should revisit Medicaid
Hattiesburg American, 12/11/07
Working poor without health insurance "in a vicious cycle"
ClarionLeger.com 12/09/07
Fight brews over Medicaid; Recertification process issue
SunHearld.com 12/09/07
Miss. Medicaid wants to continue recertification office visits
Picayuneitem.com, 12/08/07
Miss. Medicaid wants to continue recertification office visits
ClarionLedger.com 12/08/07
Thompson returns as leader of state health agency
Clarion Ledger, 12/5/07
A South Mississippi Mother Says Parents Must Stand Up To Save SCHIP
WLOX, TV 13, Biloxi, 10/29/07
Taylor falls in line on CHIP
Clarion Ledger, 10/26/07
House to Veto on New Version of Child Health Bill
New York Times, 10/25/07
Health care takes stage
Daily Journal.com, 10/23/07
Advocates Fight for Reauthorization of S-CHIP
WLBT-TV3, 10/11/07
One-fifth of Miss. citizens uninsured
The Reflector/MS State Newsletter, 9/11/07
Health Clinic celebrates Natchez branch opening
Natchez Democrat, 9/01/07
Miss. ranked fattest state in nation
New York Times, 8/28/07
Future for Children's health Insurance uncertain
Clarion Ledger, 8/18/07
Medicare Hire Gone Before He Even Started
On Friday, surgeon Brian W. Amy appeared to have engineered an improbable move from being Mississippi's embattled top health official to overseeing efforts to improve quality of care in the federal Medicare program.
Washingtonpost.com, 07/17/07
A Battle over Expansion of children's Insurance
The fight over a popular health insurance program for children is intensifying, with President Bush now leading efforts to block a major expansion of the program, which is a top priority for Congressional Democrats
New York Times, 07/08/07 .
Medical rescue for children
When we served as governors of Mississippi and New Jersey, we made concerted efforts to improve the health of children and working families in our ...
The Washington Times, 6/3/07
Mississippi's raising Infant Mortality Rate
After years of decline, infant mortality is on the rise in the state of Mississippi, alarming health workers, and, as CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace reports, giving the state the dubious distinction of leading the nation in newborn deaths.
CBS News, 6/4/07
Mental health care facing cutbacks
While mental health professionals gather this week at the Coast Convention Center in Biloxi for the first-ever Mental Health Summit designed to head off the post-Katrina mental health crisis...
Sun Hearld, 5/17/07
Medicaid reforms went to far, say poor's advocates
The state's zeal to save money and curb fraud has made it too difficult for poor people to receive needed health care, Medicaid advocates say.
Commerical Dispatch, 5/03/07
In Turnabout, Infant Deaths Climb in South
For decades, Mississippi and neighboring states with large black populations and expanses of enduring poverty
New York Times, Health, 04/22/07
Where is Mississippi's Concern for Health Coverage
"Mississippians don't realize that approximately 537,000 of their fellow citizens and about 102,855 of their children have no form of private or public health insurance. Unfortunately, as premiums continue to rise faster than wages, so will the ranks of our uninsured," says Roy Mitchell, program director for the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
American Forum, 5/21/07
Officials ask why Medicaid is losing recipients
JACKSON - A 16-year-old Gulf Coast girl was removed from Mississippi's Medicaid rolls after her wheelchair-bound mother was unable to navigate the entrance ...
Daily Journal, 4/26/07
Hearing Draws Attention to Uninsured
A meeting of the minds took place at the state Capitol Wednesday, to brainstorm over a growing problem: Mississippi's uninsured population.
WLBT, TV 3, 4/25/07
Americans Back Price Negotiations On Medicare Drugs
Washington Post, 12/9/06
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