MWG Benefits, Inc. provides this web site as a service to our clients, as well as those interested in employee benefits and the laws pertaining to them.  All content supplied in this site is believed to be reliable and true.  However, changes occur almost daily in state and federal regulation of employer sponsored health plans and benefits.  MWG Benefits, Inc. disclaims all liability for reference to any information contained in this site.  While we try to make corrections and keep the information up-to-date, there is no guarantee that the information is correct and complete. 

Our Web site may include direct links to other Internet Web sites.   MWG Benefits has not and does not participate in the development and maintenance of these sites.  Therefore, MWG Benefits is not responsible for their accuracy or anything taken from these sites.

Lockbox

 

Welcome

Human Resource Management is one of the most crucial tasks in an organization, due to the fact that the majority of expenditures are related to employees. That is why MWG Benefits, Inc. wants to give special attention to HR Departments of our current clients, as well as those browsing our website.

Mississippi was tied for second out of the U.S. in 2004 in personal health spending (as a percentage of GSP). See chart on the right...

 
Personal Health Spending as % GSP, 2004
 
 United States 
  13% 
1 
 West Virginia 
  21% 
2 
 Maine 
  18% 
2 
 Mississippi 
  18% 
4 
 Alabama 
  17% 
4 
 Kentucky 
  17% 
4 
 Montana 
  17% 
4 
 North Dakota 
  17% 
8 
 Arkansas 
  16% 
8 
 Florida 
  16% 
8 
 Louisiana 
  16% 
8 
 Missouri 
  16% 
8 
 Ohio 
  16% 
8 
 Oklahoma 
  16% 
8 
 Pennsylvania 
  16% 
8 
 Rhode Island 
  16% 
8 
 Vermont 
  16% 
17 
 Indiana 
  15% 
17 
 South Carolina 
  15% 
17 
 South Dakota 
  15% 
17 
 Tennessee 
  15% 
17 
 Wisconsin 
  15% 
22 
 Kansas 
  14% 
22 
 Massachusetts 
  14% 
22 
 Minnesota 
  14% 
22 
 Nebraska 
  14% 
22 
 New York 
  14% 
22 
 Oregon 
  14% 
28 
 Hawaii 
  13% 
28 
 Idaho 
  13% 
28 
 Iowa 
  13% 
28 
 Maryland 
  13% 
28 
 Michigan 
  13% 
28 
 New Hampshire 
  13% 
28 
 New Mexico 
  13% 
28 
 North Carolina 
  13% 
36 
 Alaska 
  12% 
36 
 Arizona 
  12% 
36 
 Connecticut 
  12% 
36 
 Georgia 
  12% 
36 
 Illinois 
  12% 
36 
 New Jersey 
  12% 
36 
 Texas 
  12% 
36 
 Utah 
  12% 
36 
 Washington 
  12% 
45 
 California 
  11% 
45 
 Colorado 
  11% 
45 
 Nevada 
  11% 
45 
 Virginia 
  11% 
49 
 Delaware 
  10% 
50 
 Wyoming 
  9% 
51 
 District of Columbia 
  8% 
 
Chart provided by the Kaiser Foundation.