the Cancer Plan

The Cancer Plan

Health Policy & Advocacy

The Alliance serves as the central voice for cancer prevention and control advocacy in South Carolina. In coordination with our partners and key decision-makers in the state, the Alliance works to ensure our laws, ordinances and policies protect residents from cancer to the greatest extent possible, and it advocates for access to cancer prevention, screening and treatment for all South Carolinians.

Objective

5.1

Expand awareness and screening services among South Carolina's underserved populations.

5.1a

Increase partnerships with various regional, state, and national partners to expand Medicaid in South Carolina.

5.1b

Secure funding from the state legislature to implement the recommendations outlined in the SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health and SC Cancer Alliance's 2021 Policy briefing.