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2021 Georgia Policy Forum

... at 12:00 pm. This event will bring together key leaders and decision makers in government, research, and academia to discuss emerging equity and health care policy issues that affect the physical and economic health of Americans.   Discussion Points Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible which ...

Test Your TennCare Knowledge Answers

1. TennCare (Tennessee's Medicaid Program) is health insurance coverage for very low-income qualified Tennesseans. Answer:  True, TennCare is health insurance coverage to very low-income children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities, including women diagnosed with breast ... the Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Health insurance coverage through Medicaid helps Tennesseans stay healthy, go to work, and care for their families. Medicaid covers many of the same services as private health insurance. Every state’s Medicaid program covers benefits ...

Montanans Rally at Capitol Wednesday to Support Medicaid Expansion

... Legislators will need to vote to continue the program this session to ensure that those hard-working residents don't lose access to life-saving health care at the end of June. Denver Henderson, Montana government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, will serve ... made the right decision, putting aside ideological differences, reaching across the aisle and working together to expand Medicaid and put our health first. Thanks to that leadership over 80,000 people in our state now have access to health care. They can see a doctor when they need to, ...

On healthcare, NC has accepted what SC lawmakers continue to reject

As a long-time physician and public health advocate in Rock Hill, S.C., I am looking to our northern neighbors with envy. On Dec. 1, North Carolina closed the coverage gap and ... they earned too little to afford insurance and too much to qualify for Medicaid. In fact, less than half of South Carolina employers offer health insurance to employees. These are hard-working people like church pastors, truck drivers, childcare workers, restaurant cooks and mental ... of the family who came in the middle of the night to have their 1-year-old treated for a painful ear infection and high fever. They delayed care for the child due to not having insurance. This caused a danger to the child and a financial burden to the hospital for having to cover the ...

Cancer Advocates Visit Rep. Lawler’s Office, Urge Him to Protect Medicaid for all New Yorkers

... including working families, cancer patients and survivors, people with disabilities, seniors, veterans and children, who receive lifesaving care through Medicaid. Federal lawmakers have proposed slashing up to $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. Such devastating cuts would put essential health services at risk for millions of people nationwide and for the more than 6.7 million New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid for lifesaving health care --including prescriptions for limited-income seniors, kids receiving cancer treatment and prenatal care for expecting mothers.   ...

Utah Lawmakers Reverse Voter’s Choice, Undermine Access to Medicaid

... no such restrictions. "Utahns have spoken and the clear majority voted to ensure that families in our communities have access to affordable health care," said Brook Carlisle, director of government relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Utah. "We did not vote to restrict ... cancer treatment services for low-income Utahns. We did not vote to undermine their opportunity to gain access to comprehensive and affordable health care coverage that will allow them to get healthy, stay healthy and provide for their families." SB96 contains many provisions that could ...

Mississippi Medicaid Covers US project

Medicaid is a vital health insurance plan that helps Mississippians stay healthy, go to work and care for their families. Go to https://www.fightcancer.org/medicaid-covers-us-mississippi to read and watch the stories from Mississippians across the state who are able to use Medicaid to access the health coverage they need, as well as from Mississippians who are unable to get the care they need because they don’t currently qualify for ...

Cancer Advocates and Survivors Return to the Capitol to Rally Legislators

... They let their lawmakers know that they can and must do better to prevent and treat cancer. “By prioritizing prevention and access to care, we could ensure progress continues to reduce suffering and death from cancer,” said Allison Johnson, ACS CAN volunteer and childhood cancer survivor. As a cancer survivor, I let my lawmakers know that if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a significant health problem in Missouri, this goal must be top of mind at the Capitol.” Advocates asked Senators not to support action that would put ... asked lawmakers to provide better access to care by funding the state’s Show Me Healthy Women program and using available federal funds for health care coverage through MO Healthnet. Legislators can also reduce cancer incidence by supporting the Governor’s recommendation to increase ...

Maine Voters Support Expanding Access to Medicaid

The Maine Legislature passed and delivered bills to expand access to health coverage via Medicaid to Governor Paul Le Page five times over the last several years, only to be thwarted by a veto with each attempt. On ... Election Day, Maine voters finally had their say on the issue and overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favor of increasing access to affordable health coverage for low-income people in their state. The final vote on Maine’s Question 2 was 59 percent for expansion, clearly indicating that ... diagnosed with cancer at later stages – when it’s more costly and difficult to treat – and with poorer outcomes. By increasing access to care, Maine is ensuring better health outcomes and a healthier, thriving state population in the future. Roughly half of all cancers are ...

Wyoming Cancer Advocates Celebrate House Passage of Legislation to Increase Access to Medicaid

... Network (ACS CAN): "Today’s vote is a huge step forward for thousands of low-income, uninsured Wyoming residents to gain access to lifesaving health care services, including the roughly 3,050 residents who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. "Medicaid expansion is critical to saving lives from cancer. In fact, the health insurance coverage provided through Medicaid improves outcomes and reduces the burden of cancer by offering enrollees access to primary and ...

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