Aflac general counsel: Georgia lawmakers took a crucial step forward on sickle cell disease – but there's more work to be done

Aflac general counsel: Georgia lawmakers took a crucial step forward on sickle cell disease – but there's more work to be done

According to the National Institute of Health, sickle cell disease (SCD) — also called sickle cell anemia — is a group of inherited disorders that cause red blood cells to be misshaped, typically crescent or “sickle”-shaped due to a gene mutation. When that happens, the cells can block blood flow to the rest of the body, causing an often painful, disruptive, and potentially fatal condition. Despite affecting nearly 100,000 Americans, SCD is clas…