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What your union can do
1. Publish
CLUW's article, "Preventing Cervical Cancer: Two
Union Women Take Action" in union magazines
and websites
>> Available
as text or printer-ready pdf
2. Distribute
Cervical Cancer Prevention Works brochures and mini-posters
at your meetings. These materials are available
at no cost for chapters and unions.
>> Order
form (pdf)
3. Make certain
HPV screening is covered in your state. Maryland
and New Mexico passed laws requiring that insurance
companies provide coverage for HPV screening at the
testing intervals outlined in the recommendations for
cervical cytology screening developed by the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The other
state that has a similar mandate is North Carolina.
Self-insured/self-funded employers are exempt from this
law.
In 2005 there was legislative activity
on cervical cancer prevention in 40 states --19 having
introduced legislation/resolutions and 21 having enacted
legislation/resolutions.
>> See
Women in Government report to learn how your state
is doing (pdf) |
