In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will issue a highly anticipated ruling on the case of King v. Burwell. The lawsuit alleges that the Obama Administration went beyond the law in...
Wicker, Cochran: Preserve Long-Term Care Coverage at Mississippi Hospitals
Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure Adequate Medicare Reimbursement for Long-Term Care HospitalsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced the...
Wicker: Congress Passes First Balanced Budget Since 2001
Miss. Senator Says Agreement Is a ‘Significant, Substantive Achievement’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today voted in favor of the first...
Wicker, Cochran Support Bill to Dismantle Obamacare
Miss. Senators Back Bill to End Individual, Employer Mandates; Transition for Current Obamacare EnrolleesWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today...
Wicker Highlights Mississippi’s Leading Role in Telehealth
State-of-the-Art Program at UMMC Offers Quality Care Across the StateLowering costs and expanding access are the hallmarks of true health-care reform. For many Americans, a doctor’s visit is either...
Restoring the 10th Amendment
One of the basic responsibilities of the executive branch is to execute the law faithfully. The Obama Administration, however, has no problem ignoring this duty to create its own rules.Instead of...
Wicker Examines Ways to Expand Telehealth Nationwide
Miss. Senator Focuses on Need to Provide Access to Rural AmericaWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and...
Wicker to Convene Subcommittee Hearing on Telehealth Advancements
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, April 21,...
Wicker Succeeds in Adding Key Provisions to Senate Budget
Miss. Senator Champions Alzheimer’s Research, Stronger ‘Magnitsky Act’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, succeeded in adding a number of...
Wicker Offers Amendments to Senate Budget Plan
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, has offered several amendments to the budget proposal currently being considered by the Senate.“The budget...