Thursday, April 04, 2013
Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients. Blame the sequester. - WashingtonPost.com - Cancer clinics across the country have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients, blaming the sequester budget cuts. - Oncologists say the reduced funding, which took effect for Medicare on April 1, makes it impossible to administer expensive chemotherapy drugs while staying afloat financially. - Patients at these clinics would need to seek treatment elsewhere, such as at hospitals that might not have the capacity to accommodate them.
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