Site Search
Search Results
Palliative Care Bill a Win for South Dakota, Amendment F Looms as Possible Major Setback for Cancer Community
PIERRE, South Dakota – March 28, 2024 – When Gov. Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 147 into law it improved access to palliative care and allowed the state’s health care providers to better serve individuals with serious illnesses. Palliative care aims to provide better quality of life for cancer ... of education materials on palliative care. The bill was supported by the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, Avera Health, Presentation Sisters of Aberdeen, the State Medical Association of South Dakota, Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas, and ...
Cancer Patients, Survivors Travel to Pierre to Urge Legislators to Leave Medicaid Expansion, Tobacco Fund in Place
... Kristi Noem’s budget proposal, which would strip 60% of the annual funding to the South Dakota Tobacco Prevention and Control fund. “Taking health care away from South Dakotans and giving Big Tobacco even more of a voice in the state are not the kinds of health outcomes anybody wants,” ACS CAN South Dakota Government Relations Director Ben Hanson said. “We look forward to talking to lawmakers ...
South Dakota Falls Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... session.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increase access to care through Medicaid, funding for screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...