In a state where the obesity rate ranks among the highest in the country, many health providers were thrilled when ...

The leader of a west-central Mississippi hospital says a dispute with Mississippi Medicaid could lead to reduced services ...

Fall enrollment is on. Some plans are raising premiums for Part D, which covers prescriptions, by $50 or more per month, ...

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly ...

In Louisiana and Mississippi, older Medicare recipients are prescribed medications that should be avoided in the elderly at ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Medicare and Medicaid cuts made in Washington will impact Mississippi, especially in rural areas.

For the past six decades Medicare has been providing coverage to America’s adults aged 65 and older. Today, roughly 1 in 5 ...

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) — Louisiana and Mississippi rank last in serving Medicare recipients, a new study shows. People in both states who are covered by the federal health insurance program that ...

A Marshall County woman’s most recent barrier to health care? The state asked her to seek child support from her ex-boyfriend ...

April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too.

The USDA, state of Mississippi won't issue SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if the federal shutdown continues. What to know about food ...