2 million OK'd to aid women with little, no insurance By Czerne M. Reid - McClatchy Newspapers Want to know more? For more on the Best Chance Network, visit www.scdhec.net/health/chcdp /cancer/bcn.htm. COLUMBIA -- Nine thousand S.C. women who have little or no health insurance will get screened for breast and cervical cancer over the next year, thanks to a $2 million award from the state legislature. The money is for a statewide screening program called the Best Chance Network, which provides screening, education and links to medical care. "We reached out to our lawmakers and they responded in a big way," said Mary Lynn Faunda Donovan, director of the Upstate chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a cancer survivor advocacy foundation that lobbied for the money. This is the first time the state has contributed to the...
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