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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

Last evening, the Ketchum City Council voted unanimously to pass a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance that includes bars, small businesses, hotels and motels, hookah bars, tobacco shops, bus stops and various outdoor areas.ξ The new law also doesn't include any exemptions for e-cigarettes, and it will go into effect next Wednesday,

Week 6 Update Friday, April 12, 2013 Week six of the 2013 Legislative Session has come to a close and many of the year’s biggest policy issues have yet to be resolved. On Thursday, the Florida House released its Medicaid expansion alternative - a plan that would not access any