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Kids Health Concerns
Mississippi is once again at the bottom of a national list.
Annual ‘Kids Count’ ranks Miss. last in 7 of 10 areas.
Clarion Ledger
The annual Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, released Tuesday, uses information from 2007 and 2008. The report says Mississippi ranked worst nationally in 7 of 10 categories.
It says the state had the highest percentage of low-birthweight babies; the highest rates of infant mortality, child deaths and births to teenagers; the highest percentage of children in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment; the highest percentage of children in poverty; and the highest percentage of children in single-parent families.
The Mississippi Delta’s healthcare blues
LA Times
“It’s a pretty hand-to-mouth existence,” said Brooks, 71, a physician with a wry sensibility and a profane streak. Brooks earned a medical degree at age 44 before coming to the Mississippi Delta to open the Tutwiler Clinic with the blessing of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
She sees the nation’s new healthcare law as a potentially happy turn in a long, hard journey. The measure provides hundreds of billions of dollars to help states expand medical insurance for the poor and pay doctors like Brooks, nearly half of whose patients have no coverage.
Get ready for health insurance changes - for the better
Clarion Ledger
Health care reform is a reality that should be embraced by our state. Ultimately, it is up to all of us to ensure that our state officials take advantage of these opportunities and implement a health care delivery system that is efficient and tailored to fit Mississippi’s unique health care challenges.
A Summary of the Health Reform Law
Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Families USA has developed a summary of the new Health Reform Law with implementation timelines.
Lawsuits called a ‘pathetic’ political ploy
The Clarion Ledger
The legal claims currently being propagated have no basis in law and only serve to advance political careers while perpetrating fear in the general public. The Supreme Court has long held that the commerce clause allows the federal government to regulate activities that relate to interstate commerce including the sale and purchase of health insurance.
Suit filed on Medicaid cuts: Nursing homes want reserve funds used
Clarion Ledger, April 9, 2010
The Mississippi Health Care Association, the Independent Nursing Home Association and dozens of nursing homes from across the state filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the Mississippi Division of Medicaid from making a planned $14 million cut in payments to providers.
Get help navigating CHIP and Medicaid
Clarion Ledger, March 23, 2010
In February, the organization set up the Health Help for Kids program to assist parents or guardians who want to enroll kids for the first time, reenroll kids or simply get help with any part of the process, said Jarvis Dortch of MHAP.
Barbour: Medicaid payouts to be cut
The Clarion Ledger
“Whenever reimbursements are tampered with, it does impact access,” said Roy Mitchell, director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program. “They cannot provide the services if they aren’t being reimbursed.”
President Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill—Fixes Come Next
Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010
With much fanfare, dozens of pens and members of Congress beaming at his side, President Obama signed a sweeping health care reform bill this morning.