Living 14 hours away from home, I find myself nostalgic for my childhood days in Mississippi, particularly in the summertime. As we approach July, I often reflect on hanging out with friends and family while indulging in watermelon, homemade ice cream, and the best barbeque you’ve ever tasted. As much as I enjoyed summer get-togethers as a kid, I always noticed more of a twinkle in my parents’ and grandparents’ eyes than my own.
The Affordable Care Act includes a considerable funding to enable real people to improve the health of their communities—and the deadline to apply is just around the corner. The Affordable Care Act set aside more than $100 million in Community Transformation Grants that are now available for states, local governments, tribes, territories, and nonprofits to create or enhance projects that will, in HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s words, “empower local communities with resources, information, and flexibility to help make their residents healthier.”
Last week, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said, “There’s nobody in Mississippi that does not have access to health care.”
“I’m 22 and about to graduate from college. It’s time to enter the real world, and I need a job.” These were the thoughts that continuously plagued my mind throughout my senior year at the University of Mississippi, more affectionately known as Ole Miss.
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