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2025 is the Time to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on South Carolinians

... to working with lawmakers during the 2025 legislative session and helping them understand our state’s challenges when it comes to cancer care, including prevention and early detection. More than 450,000 South Carolinians , the majority of whom are working, don’t have health insurance and lack access to lifesaving care. “Too many South Carolinians are caught between paying for household expenses or health care coverage. As a result, they are often forced to go without preventive care or delay critical treatments, costing our state and ...

Medicaid Expansion Roundtable

... South Carolina decided to close the coverage gap today, over 345,000 individuals would be able to enroll in Medicaid and have a real option for health care. Families would be healthier, small businesses employing these low-wage individuals would have more productive workers, and the state and counties would save significant dollars from reduced uncompensated care and reduced spending on other programs that serve people without health insurance. Join us and the Cover SC coalition to explore the impact of Medicaid expansion on South Carolina. 0 ...

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 ...

2014 Quality of Life Forum

... Greenville Hospital System; Dr. Julie Moss, USC Upstate, and Professor Diane Parker, USC Upstate. Improving Quality of Life through Palliative Care is about treating the person as well as the disease.  Palliative Care is also called supportive care and can provide better quality of life for cancer patients and their families by focusing on relieving the ... care services to all care settings, while also increasing the number of specialized palliative care-trained doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.  For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org/qualityoflife . Stay tuned for planning of the 2015 Quality of Life Forum ...

South Carolina Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Policies

... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... to access legitimate pain care.   Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how South Carolina can work within the current federal health care law on state-based approaches to improve access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Calls on Those Impacted by Cancer for New Survey

... , which focused on cancer patients and survivors, found half of the 1200 respondents said coronavirus had caused a change or disruption in their health care. “The current pandemic is affecting cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and healthcare providers in ways that few others understand,” ... is covered by insurance the same way traditional IV therapy is, allowing patients to get treatment at home when medically appropriate; Directing Health and Human Services to initiate a special enrollment period to increase access to affordable, quality health insurance; Enacting an ...

New Report Shows Medicaid Expansion would Provide Powerful Economic Stimulus for South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – New data from The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health highlights how Medicaid expansion would boost health outcomes and strengthen the economy across all 46 counties in South Carolina. These findings are informed by an economic impact analysis ...   Among the new jobs created through Medicaid expansion, one third would be in business sectors outside of the health care industry. Job growth is projected to include more than 10,000 new jobs across industries such as construction, real estate, retail, ...

2025 South Carolina Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of South Carolinians impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... Network (ACS CAN) will work with the SC General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening and prevention programs, and enact prevention policies ...

UofSC’s Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network Awarded $3.5 Million by CDC

... Palmetto State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded the network $3.5 million to support their work in helping health systems implement evidence-based interventions that will increase CRC screening participation. The CDC award come at a crucial time for cancer care. In March alone, the U.S.experienced a significant 86% drop in colorectal cancer screenings compared to 2017 to 2019 averages as a result of ... and demographic factors associated with high colorectal cancer rates are prevalent, CCPN strategically selected 4 federally-qualified health systems and 1 hospital system to partner in order to build a medical neighborhood that will lead to the expansion of services and tackle the ...

Cover SC Launches with Call for Legislature to Enact Medicaid Expansion

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, GOP leaders, North Carolina legislators Donny Lambeth and Kevin Corbin, joined health advocates along with business and faith leaders to hold a press conference at the South Carolina State House. The event called on the South Carolina Legislature to enact Medicaid expansion and announced the launch of Cover SC, a new initiative aimed at closing the health insurance gap in the state. “North Carolina moved wisely and methodically in developing an approach that fits our state, its priorities ... low-wage workers, and rural residents. Key points discussed during the conference include: Medicaid expansion would reduce uncompensated care costs, helping struggling rural hospitals stay open. The policy would extend health care coverage to those falling into the coverage gap, many ...

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