When Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves met with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services director “made it clear” that HHS would “favorably” view states that apply for waivers to ban SNAP recipients from buying sugary, processed foods, the governor says.
“And it’s just the right thing to do. It makes sense,” the governor told the Mississippi Free Press at a Nov. 4 press conference at the Walter Sillers building in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
By applying for SNAP waivers, Reeves hopes to gain support and additional funding for Mississippi’s proposed rural health initiative, which half of Mississippi’s 82 counties have already applied to be part of. The State’s goal with the plan is to improve health-care access and outcomes for patients while bolstering the state’s rural medical workforce…