by MBJ Staff Published: March 8,2013
Dr. Quenyatta Echols-Williams of Hattiesburg has been appointed deputy district health officer for Southeast Public Health District VIII. Public Health District VIII includes Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, and Wayne counties. Echols-Williams is a graduate of Tougaloo College and the University of Iowa School of Medicine. After her residency at the [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Affordable Care Act, healthcare, Medicaid, Obamacare, Phil Bryant
The number of governors refusing to accept the federal offer of hundreds of millions of dollars for expanding Medicaid to their state’s working poor is dwindling, with Florida Gov. Rick Scott last Wednesday joining Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich and Michigan’s Rick Snyder in accepting the offer. More than two dozen governors continue to hold out [...] [...]
by Emily W. Pettus Published: February 1,2013
Tags: healthcare, Kaiser Commission, Obamacare, Phil Bryant, Signing River Health System
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant wants to create more health care jobs in Mississippi, one of the poorest and most medically under-served states in the nation. He also opposes putting more Mississippi residents on Medicaid under the federal health care law that Democratic President Barack Obama signed in 2010, even with the federal government paying most [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: January 31,2013
Tags: governor, healthcare, impeach, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Nancy Anderson, Phil Bryant
My first husband was 32 when he was diagnosed with cancer. Eighteen months later, he took his last breath. As sad as that is, it could have been worse. At the time, he worked for Packard Electric and was a GM employee. Thankfully, it was the old GM with great health benefits. Looking back, I [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 21,2013
Tags: Barack Obama, climate change, healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, middle class, Obama inauguration, terrorism, White House
Declaring “our journey is not complete,” President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands Monday, urging the nation to set an unwavering course toward prosperity and freedom for all its citizens and protect the social safety net that has sheltered the poor, elderly and [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: December 14,2012
Tags: education, healthcare, Phil Bryant, Politics
Just prior to the state elections of 2011, I wrote a column to discuss using a scoreboard to judge how well our state leadership has done during a particular term in office. Well, here we are just more than a year removed from those elections. So now seems to be a good time to look [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 14,2012
Tags: bonds, Gulf Coast, healthcare, holiday parties
>> BONDS ARE BACK Lt. Gov. says he will back “reasonable and rational in size” plans— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> BUDGET Funding for PERS is up to departments by Ted Carter >> KEMPER UPDATE Workers’ rights groups forge deal with Southern Co.— by Clay Chandler >> GULF COAST Region sees more [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: November 21,2012
Tags: Barack Obama, healthcare, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal
In a letter to President Obama from the Republican Governors Association last week, the GOP governors congratulated Obama on his re-election but wasted no time getting to the reason for the letter: Mr. President, your Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) “will be an enormous strain on state governments and budgets.” Deadlines are a [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: November 21,2012
Tags: healthcare, Mike Chaney, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Phil Bryant
The very thing Gov. Phil Bryant had hoped not to see occurred last week: Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney submitted the state’s plan for a health insurance exchange to the federal government, moving the state closer to participation in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Chaney calls his submittal a blueprint for a free market exchange [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: November 2,2012
Tags: Division of Medicaid, healthcare, Medicaid, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Hospital Association
Unlike some neighboring states facing Medicaid budget shortfalls of hundreds of millions, currently Mississippi does not have a looming budget deficit. But Dr. David Dzielak, executive director of Division of Medicaid in Mississippi, said all that could change dramatically in the months ahead. “The Medicaid budget is a very complicated dynamic that is often difficult [...] [...]
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