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...             Social Graphics                 Previous Webinars Medicaid in the US Territories: How Inequitable Funding Exacerbates Health Disparities Video of medicaid_in_the_us_territories_how_inequitable_funding_exacerbates_health_disparities   Medicaid & Health Equity: 100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre Video of Medicaid & Health Equity: 100 Years After the ... 23rd, 2021 event that focused on the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, how racism and discrimination impacts health and access to health care today, and how Oklahoma’s expanded Medicaid program is a step in the right direction to providing better access to health care coverage. The ...

... would strip local authority to enact smoke-free protections. Improving Quality of Life for Patients and Survivors Create a Palliative/Supportive Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council and educational initiative to address barriers to person-centered palliative/supportive care during treatment from the beginning of diagnosis of serious diseases such as cancer. Access to Health Care for Cancer Patients, Survivors, and their Families Adopt a solution that will allow Texas to accept available federal health care dollars to close the Texas coverage gap. Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Increase weekly physical education ...

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 ...

... of women could lose insurance coverage for mammograms and other cancer screenings required by state law under a bill reported out of the Senate health committee in March that soon could be headed for consideration by the full Senate. The “Health Insurance Marketplace, Modernization and Affordability Act” (S. 1955) gives health insurance plans the option of bypassing state consumer ... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) announced its support of an alternative bill that would increase access to affordable, high-quality health care and protect state-enacted guarantees of benefits. The bill (S. 2510), sponsored by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), ...