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MHAP is hiring - Food Policy Community Organizer
Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) is now hiring a Community Organizer for its food policy initiative. If you are a committed advocate for strengthening Mississippi’s food system, this position may be for you.
Farmers Market Boost
May 8, 2012 -Jackson Free Press
A new Mississippi law this year allows cities and counties to now donate money to local farmers markets.Gov. Phil Bryant signed HB 535 into law late last month, giving county and city authorities the go-ahead to donate funds to their local farmers markets. The law applies to farmers markets within the city or county that are certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Feds talk about effects of health care reform in Mississippi
May 4, 2012 - WLOX
Because of healthcare reform, the Department of Health and Human Services said last year 33,510 Mississippi senior citizens saved an average of $600 on prescriptions. Officials said 357,504 Mississippians saw their private insurance coverage expand to include free preventative services like mammograms and blood pressure screenings.
Farm to School Aims to Fight Childhood Obesity
April 30, 2012 - Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Mississippi farmers could be the key to fighting childhood obesity in the state. MPB’s Daniel Cherry reports how a new program aims to put fresh, locally grown produce on the plates of Mississippi schoolchildren.
Partnership pushing healthy eating habits
April 23, 2012 - Clarion Ledger
UnitedHealthcare teams up with the Alcorn State University Extension Program Demonstration Farm to get fresh produce to the community, promoting healthful eating and preventative healthcare.
Health Help Mississippi improves options in Desoto County
April 5, 2012 - Commercial Appeal
With an initial campaign aimed at boosting health care options for young adults, the nonprofit Health Help Mississippi has opened a 22-county regional base on the Hernando square at 2560 U.S. 51 S.
Groups Watching As Mississippi Develops Insurance Exchange
April 5, 2012 - Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Mississippi is on its way to developing one of the nation’s first health insurance exchange programs. MPB’s Daniel Cherry reports how many groups are watching closely as the state builds the insurance marketplace.
State’s health care exchange idea predates federal act
March 29, 2012 - Clarion Ledger
Mississippi’s Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, elected in 2007 after 15 years in the Legislature, has broken ranks with other Red State officials in the South who blanketly oppose ACA. Chaney, long a believer in high-risk insurance pools, got out front on the health insurance exchange idea in 2009 (before passage of ACA) by shepherding into state law discretionary power for him to create one. (Barbour supported the idea back then.)
Health care law worth celebrating
March 23, 2012 - Clarion Ledger
Help is here and more is on the way because of the ACA. Many of our neighbors, friends and families are already benefitting from the ACA.
Mississippi Builds Insurance Exchange, Even As It Fights Health Law
March 14, 2012 - Kaiser Health News
Mississippi, a deeply red Southern state that is part of the Supreme Court case against the health law, is moving full speed ahead with one of the key provisions of that law: an online health insurance exchange.