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Lt. Governor O'Brien and Colorado Representative Diane Primavera willappear alongside local breast cancer survivors and advocates to call on thestate's policymakers to close a policy gap that prevents some low-income womenin Colorado from receiving Medicaid coverage for life-saving breast cancertreatment. Currently low-income under- and uninsured women in Colorado are noteligible for Medicaid-funded breast cancer treatment if they are screened at afacility that is not part of the state's Women's Wellness Connection program.Currently, funding constraints prevent WWC from screening more than 20 percentof eligible women.
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Nationwide, one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime.In 2008, approximately 2,850 Colorado women will be diagnosed with breastcancer and nearly 500 will die from the disease, whereas those with access toearly diagnosis have a 98 percent chance for survival.Denver to Join Nationwide Campaign Challenging U.S. to Close the Gaps in Breast Cancer Care, Survival
SOURCE Susan G. Komen for the Cure
