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Panel wants to tax many services
Daily Journal 8/31/2008
The commission recommended cuts in some areas, such as in the income tax, and increases in other areas, such as in the cigarette tax. ...
Advocacy Group: Lower Grocery Tax Means Healthier Mississippians
Fox 40 News
Mississippi Health Advocacy Program urges lawmakers to remove grocery tax on health foods and leave sales tax on “junk” foods
Barbour Medicaid plan impact on selected hospitals
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
JACKSON - The 623-bed North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo will net $6.2 million under Gov. Haley Barbour’s new Medicaid plan while the 48-bed Neshoba County Hospital will garner $19.6 million.
Medicaid: Magic time? Barbour’s solution gets mixed reviews
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
State awaiting formal CMS approval of plan as cigarette tax hike momentum grows
EDITORIAL: Tax reform
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
A draft of Gov. Barbour’s Blue Ribbon Tax Study Commission report reveals broadly based opportunities for reforming Mississippi’s tax system, but some of the draft’s options fall short of what some had hoped would be a more aggressive shift on sales taxes, particularly involving food and cigarette taxation.
Tax changes?
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
Panel backs added sales taxes; most proposals unlikely to be OK’d by Legislature, some say
Tax panel supports 50-cent cigarette tax
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour’s tax study commission voted Tuesday to recommend raising the tax on cigarettes to 50 cents per pack.
Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report
U.S. News & World Report
The obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse—not better—in the last year, despite public service campaigns warning about the health risks posed by carrying too much weight, a new report found. The five fattest states and their obesity rates are Mississippi (31.7 percent), West Virginia (30.6 percent), Alabama (30.1 percent), Louisiana (29.5 percent) and South Carolina (29.2 percent).
TAX STUDY COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE FALL SHORT
MHAP Press Release
The Governor’s Tax Study Commission did not go far enough by recommending an 18 or 32 cent cigarette tax increase. A cigarette tax increase of 18 or 32 cents—the amounts offered in the Commissions draft report— is directly in line with the tobacco industry’s acceptable scale because these miniscule amounts would have no effect on youth smoking.
Group to study if Miss. needs nurse visit program
Clarion Ledger
A health advocacy group is studying whether Mississippi should start a program to provide nurse visits to the homes of all low-income, first-time parents and their children.