Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Issues Statement on Health Equity, Accountability Act
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"This legislation recognizes that tobacco use plays a key role in health disparities in
"The Health Equity and Accountability Act requires comprehensive tobacco cessation coverage for all Medicaid recipients and assures that all available forms of evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments - currently individual, group and telephone counseling and seven
"The bill provides funding for states to conduct outreach campaigns to educate providers and Medicaid beneficiaries about the benefit so that those who need it utilize it. It also prohibits group and individual health plans from requiring preauthorization for tobacco cessation counseling or cessation drugs that have received an "A" or "B" rating from the
Expanded Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services will help more tobacco users quit, saving lives and reducing tobacco-related health care costs, which total
"Tobacco use is the No. 1 cause of preventable death in
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