SOUTHAVEN — Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits, federal prosecutors said today. The IRS employees were indicted on charges that they illegally received more than $250,000 in benefits including unemployment insurance payments, food stamps, welfare, and housing vouchers, the U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis said in [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Obama administration has rejected Mississippi’s proposal to create a state-run health insurance exchange, according to state Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, dealing a blow to his bid to craft an exchange despite the opposition of Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. Chaney, during a news conference, said he was “sorely disappointed” that the application had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2013
Tags: benefits, bill, expansion, health care, health care reform, health insurance, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, Legislature, medical, medicine, Politics, state government
JACKSON — Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature say they’re trying to preserve the option of expanding Medicaid in the state, even though Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders oppose adding hundreds of thousands more people to the government health insurance for the poor. The Democrats’ votes helped kill a bill yesterday that would keep [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 10,2013
Tags: benefits, health, health care, health care reform, health insurance, insurance, insurance exchange, poll, public health, report, study, survey
JACKSON — The Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) says a survey has found that 51 percent of Mississippi consumers have positive views of a health insurance exchange and over 62 percent believe that the resulting expansion of private insurance would lead to economic growth. “Mississippi truly has unique challenges when it comes to health care. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: benefits, druggist, drugs, drugstore, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medicine, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, publiic health
JACKSON — Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled. However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state can’t legally regulate certain insurance plans because they’re covered by federal law. The two sides squared off Tuesday in a House [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 8,2013
Tags: benefits, employee, employer, law, lawmaker, legislative, Legislature, public employee, retire, retirement, retirement system, retiring
JACKSON — The PEER Committee has released a report on its review of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS). The scope and purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive look into the decision-making processes of the PERS board of trustees, its staff and its contractual advisors to determine whether the PERS [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has submitted the state’s plan for an insurance exchange to the federal government. Department spokesman Joseph Ammerman says Chaney sent the plan yesterday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chaney has steadily worked toward the creation of the online marketplace for people to buy insurance [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: benefits, board, COST, county government, deductible, employee, health insurance, insurance, premium, supervisor, worker
JACKSON — Hinds County supervisors have voted 3-2 to keep the contract approved Oct. 4 with United Healthcare and its local representative, Bottrell Insurance. The new contract lowers employees’ health insurance deductible from a staggering $5,000 to a low of $500 but more than doubles their monthly premiums, from $73 for a single employee to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: benefits, earnings, electricity, energy, expectation, forecast, merger, power, publicly traded company, spinoff, tax, utility
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation expects third quarter 2012 as-reported earnings of approximately $1.88 per share and operational earnings of approximately $1.94 per share, the New Orleans-based utility reports. Results for third quarter 2011 were $3.53 per share on both an as-reported basis and an operational basis, which included significant benefits associated with a settlement [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: benefits, board of supervisors, county, deductible, government, health, insurance, meeting, plan, premium, protest, supervisor
JACKSON — Hinds County employees plan to protest the board of supervisor’s choice of a health insurance plan for the county. Employees are being urged to make today’s meeting to voice their concerns over a policy approved Oct. 1 that will lower their current $5,000 deductible to either $500 or $1,000 but will raise their [...] [...]
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