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Advocates Urge South Dakota Lawmakers to Provide the Tools to Detect, Defeat Breast Cancer, Keep Tobacco Fund Intact
... advocates will urge them to take the opportunity to assure those at risk for breast cancer have the tools needed for early detection and defeat of the disease. Regular mammograms are an invaluable tool in detection of breast cancer. Younger women in South Dakota are doing relatively well in ... of an abnormal finding on a screening mammogram or supplemental imaging because of high risk factors. The steps needed for full peace of mind can cost thousands out of pocket. These patients are often put in position of choosing between a full medical workup or paying for a month’s worth of ...
Cancer Patients, Survivors Travel to Pierre to Urge Legislators to Leave Medicaid Expansion, Tobacco Fund in Place
PIERRE, S.D. –– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates will arrive at the Statehouse Wednesday for their annual Day at the Capitol. Cancer patients, survivors, their families and ... Medicaid expansion in place as voters intended and to refuse to adopt outgoing Gov. 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 ... breast diagnostic mammograms (x-rays), breast ultrasounds, and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans be covered by insurers at no-cost-share when they meet certain criteria. South Dakotans would be able to complete the full continuum of breast cancer screening without having ...
2018 South Dakota Legislative Session Recap
... Session ended on March 9 with 570 bills introduced. This was a significant increase from the 388 introduced in 2017 and 418 in 2016. The ACS CAN South Dakota team worked on many issues that will assist in the fight against cancer. Some key highlights of the 2018 Session are below: Increased access to Biosimilars The development of biologic drugs has provided patients and their physicians with ... small-molecule drugs, interchangeable biosimilars have the potential to increase price competition on older biologic drugs, and result in lower cost burdens for patients. Sen. Deb Soholt and Rep. Leslie Heinemann sponsored SB 75 that would create a new pathway for biologic substitution and ...
Comprehensive Action Needed to Put Kids Over Tobacco Interests
Pierre, S.D. – Data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey show youth use of e-cigarettes in high schools has skyrocketed, with a 135% increase over the past two years. Survey results also show that 27.5% of high school students used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days. Nearly 64% used mint or menthol flavored e-cigarettes, only 2% less than fruit ... more than candy flavors. As lawmakers return for another legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports efforts to effectively address the e-cigarette epidemic that is affecting the state’s youth. In order to enhance recent federal ...
House Passes South Dakota Senate Bill 54, Holds the Door Open for Big Tobacco
PIERRE, S.D. –– The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Wednesday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota as it strips ... State teens are particularly at risk as they use highly addictive e-cigarettes at nearly double the national average. The following statement can be attributed in full or part to ACS CAN South Dakota Government Relations Director Ben Hanson: “This cut acts as a door wedge for Big Tobacco to enter our middle and high schools. ...