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2020 Idaho Legislative Wrap Up

Idaho’s 2020 legislative session has come to an end. While the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) did not have a major legislative victory during the session, there is certainly a lot of positive news that we can report.  The session ended with growing concern about COVID-19 and our daily lives have certainly changed as a result ... request.  The legislature discussed, but ultimately did not act on proposals to require counties to help fund the state’s share of the cost to expand the Medicaid program. Idaho is still awaiting feedback from the federal government on the proposal to add work and related reporting ...

Idaho Falling Short in Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho measured up to policy recommendations in only one of the eight evaluated issue areas.  The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which is the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. The 17th edition of the report highlights what we must do more to reduce ...

Idaho Policy Forum: Speaker Bios

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Whitney Jones, MD, Medical Advisor for GRAIL, Inc. Dr. Whitney Jones is a Gastroenterologist, a former Clinical Professor of Medicine and current adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and information services at the University of Louisville.  He is a ... pragmatic state-based laws which lower barriers to access evidence-based CRC screening. Kentucky is the first state in the nation to mandate no cost sharing coverage for preventative evidence-based genetic panel testing for hereditary cancers including Lynch Syndrome.  These laws have ... travelling with his wife, daughter, and labradoodle.  Mihir currently resides in Portland, Oregon.  Closing Speakers: Cody Wolf, ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador for Idaho Cody has been a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN since 2011. During his undergraduate ...

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