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“We could save lives” — American Cancer Society in SC calls for additional funding, Medicaid expansion

“They screen patients who are uninsured or underinsured, and with an additional million dollars, they could screen more patients. So right now the screening that they have, they run out of screening every year. They have patients calling into their office saying hey can I get a screening and they have to tell them no I’m sorry we don’t have any funds to screen you,” Johnson says.

STATE OF EDUCATION: Superintendent Ellen Weaver speaks on how to improve SC Schools

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Since taking office last year, state superintendent of education Ellen Weaver has been a big advocate of school choice. However, she also has several other ideas about how to improve education here in the Palmetto State.  “The number one thing we can do to make sure we have great education in South Carolina is to have…