Mississippi Health Insurance

How healthy is living in Mississippi?

See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Mississippi.

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Does Mississippi have a risk pool for the uninsurable?

Mississippi Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool
Toll-free 1-888-820-9400

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state-to-state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the poolto keep it in the black. In the best cases they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Find more on risk pools here.

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Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Mississippi

Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in Mississippi.
• Its guide on how to find health insurance in Mississippi.
• Materiales En Español -- Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.

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Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Mississippi

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations contribute to funding its research. Find more on the Health Policy Institute.

• Georgetown's guide for Mississippi.

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News headlines on Mississippi health insurance

Find the most recent headlines on health insurance in Mississippi at Google News or Yahoo News.

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Want single-payer health care? Concerned about the uninsured?
Contact your elected officials about health care issues

Contact your federal officials. Phone calls are best. Faxes are good, too. Since 9-11 postal mail creates long delays, and many members of Congress simply do not take e-mail seriously -- however, since e-mail is so easy it doesn't hurt to do that, too. Members of the Senate and Congress will usually ignore any correspondence that is not from their district, so its not desirable to blanket e-mail them (this type of abuse is why many do not view it favorably). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide on how to contact your elected officials, including a valuable list of dos and dont's.

• Contact the White House
  Phone: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line)
  FAX: 1 202-456-2461 (fax)
  E-mail:comments@whitehouse.gov
  
  
• Find contact information on your U.S. Representative
  Locate by using your ZIP Code
  Or if you know who your representative is, simply call the Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-962-3524

• Senator Thad Cochran
  PHONE: 202-224-5054 (DC office)
  FAX: not available (DC office)
  Local offices
  Contact by E-mail

• Senator Roger Wicker
  PHONE: 202-224-6253 (DC office)
  FAX: 202-224-228-0378 (DC office)

Contact your state officials:

• Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour
  P.O. Box 139
  Jackson, MS 39205
  PHONE: 601-359-3150
  FAX: 601-359-3741
  
  
• Contact your Mississippi State Senator
• Contact your Mississippi State Representative

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USNews health insurance rankings for Mississippi

US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Mississippi.

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Official State Goverment Sites with Mississippi Health Insurance Information

Mississippi Insurance Department --consumer information page -- links of interest to state health care consumers.

Mississippi Division of Medicaid -- helping the state's lowest income individuals and families.

MO CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan) -- designed to provide health care insurance for children in families without health insurance or with inadequate health insurance. It does not replace Medicaid; in fact, children on Medicaid are precluded from CHIP participation.