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Update: Smoking Cessation and Medicaid
February 25, 2011
There's news on smoking cessation and the future of Medicaid.
The American Cancer Society has recieved word that a proposal we submitted along with several other groups to expand access to smoking cessation assistance in the Medicaid Program is among the recommendations submitted to the Governor by the Medicaid Redesign Team. We expect it will be adopted by Medicaid. Staff were very enthusiastic about the proposal in their presentation to the Team. Thanks to Russ Sciandra, Sherry Tomasky and Michael Seserman for their assistance in preparing it.
"We're pleased that the Redesign Team recognized the value of an aggressive smoking cessation program in Medicaid. It's certainly preferable to cut costs by keeping people healthy rather than reducing services," added Russ Sciandra, New York State director of advocacy for the American Cancer Society.
You can read the full proposal on tobacco cessation here >>> [PDF 165k]
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