“Access To Care Among Displaced Mississippi Residents In FEMA Travel Trailer Parks Two Years After Katrina,” Health Affairs: The Web exclusive by Lynn Lawry, a senior health stability and humanitarian assistance specialist with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, and colleagues provides an in-depth look at Mississippi residents who were displaced by Hurricane [...]
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) on Monday said he is withdrawing plans to cut Medicaid services and raise hospital taxes because the state’s budget problems will be resolved when more than $92 million in unexpected federal Medicaid repayments are received this week, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. Barbour said a payment error made five years ago [...]
This is the time of the year when most seniors and Medicare beneficiaries review their Medicare insurance coverage. The end of open Medicare program enrollment for this season is coming to conclusion soon and the senior citizens are urged to review their drug coverages. Medicare does not cover everything and all drugs.
Baby boomers, children and [...]
Mississippi lawmakers and advocates say that if additional fundingfor the state’s Medicaid program cannot be found, tens of thousandsof beneficiaries could be dropped from the program and services couldbe cut, the AP/MemphisCommercial Appeal reports. Mississippi lawmakers onWednesday convened the 2008 legislative session, and Medicaid fundingis a priority this year, according to the AP/Commercial Appeal.
Medicaid Executive [...]
A healthinsurance exchange program proposed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) wouldprovide workers at more than 50,000 small businesses with better access tohealth care, proponents of the plan say, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. In addition, supporterssay the program would reduce businesses’ overhead costs and allow employees topurchase a policy with pretax dollars.
Under the proposal, [...]
Mississippi’s Medicaid program %26quot;has a current $90 million shortfall, but what the program really needs is a fair, permanent, sustainable funding solution for the long term,%26quot; Gov. HaleyBarbour (R) writes in a Jackson Clarion-Ledger opinion piece. According toBarbour, the state Senate recently approved a bill (SB 2013) — developed by his administration, the Mississippi Hospital [...]