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In what could be a double win for children, President Obama proposed increasing the national tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to fund a pre-k program for children. The President's 2014 budget proposal would increase the national tax on cigarettes to $1.95 per pack, an increase of 94 cents.

Hope you take an opportunity to read the latest Legislative Update . If you have questions or would like to work on a certain issue please contact our office. Thank you for being an advocate!

We are asking that you please contact the HHS budget conferees now and request that they restore state funding for screening within the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program during the budget conference.

Cancer survivors who suffer dental damage as a result of their cancer treatment should have their dental costs covered by Medicaid.

Patients with serious medical conditions should be allowed to challenge the termination of their benefits.

The General Assembly reconvened last week after a two week furlough. Their was must conversation about the Boeing Expansion in North Charleston and of course continued disucssion on Medicaid Expansion. Please read our latest Legislative Update for a full report.

At 28, Stacy Cook was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had health insurance through her job, and got the treatment she needed. But when Stacy, an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer, was diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time eight years later, she wasnŠ—Èt so lucky. Although