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Rising Cancer Costs Makes Treatement Unavailable for Some
Cost studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology discussed the rising cost of cancer treatment. In 2010, the cost of cancer care was $124 billion nationally. Even those with insurance struggle to pay … Continue reading
Health Reform One Year Later
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Over the past year, numerous federal agencies have begun to implement provisions of the bill that benefit women with ovarian … Continue reading
Impact of Shifting From Office- to Hospital-Based Treatment Facilities on the Administration of Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
Introduction: Cancer chemotherapy in the United States has been delivered mostly in an office-based setting since the late 1980s. However, in the past 5 years, more patients have been treated in hospitals as a result of reimbursement changes. Intraperitoneal (IP) … Continue reading
Health Law Requires Continued Coverage For Patients In Clinical Trials
When Richard Crusoe was diagnosed with a rare form of soft tissue cancer called liposarcoma, the retired firefighter and his family pinned their hopes of slowing the cancer’s advance on a drug that was being tested in a clinical trial. … Continue reading
Cancer Patients Struggling To Afford Care And Pay Bills In Troubled Economy, According To New Poll
A new poll illustrates the difficulty that cancer patients, survivors and their families face in affording needed health care and paying for other basic necessities such as food and heat, underscoring the need to strongly implement the Affordable Care Act … Continue reading
Zeltia cancer drug rejected by UK cost agency
NICE says not recommending Yondelis for ovarian cancer Britain’s health watchdog NICE has rejected Zeltia’s (ZEL.MC) drug Yondelis for ovarian cancer, arguing that the Spanish biotech company failed to provide sufficient evidence it is any better than standard treatment. The … Continue reading
Study: Millions of cancer survivors put off care
Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn’t afford it, according to a new study. All together, more than 2 million of 12 million U.S. adult cancer survivors did not get one or more needed … Continue reading
Policy coverage change pleases patient
Insurance payments for routine care for those in cancer clinical trials had been at issue. Sandi Harris, who is fighting ovarian cancer, is both pleased and surprised to hear CommunityCare of Oklahoma has changed its policy regarding patients who participate … Continue reading
In Health Law, a Clearer View of Coverage (NYT)
… One of the most publicized aspects of the new health care act is a ban — starting in 2014 — on refusing coverage to people like Mr. DeLorenzo because of a pre-existing condition like AIDS. Some 57 million Americans … Continue reading
The Cost Implications of Health Care Reform (NEJM)
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the most significant piece of U.S. social policy legislation in almost 50 years. There is little disagreement over the premise that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will … Continue reading
Fairfield Woman Claims Gene Discrimination After Breast-Cancer Test
In a case that raises concerns about the handling of genetic and medical information, a Fairfield woman has filed a discrimination complaint after she had a voluntary double-mastectomy, then lost her job. Pamela K. Fink had the surgery last October … Continue reading
Gaps in insurance policies make oral drugs too pricey for some cancer patients
When Jere Carpentier learned last year that she had advanced colon cancer — her third malignancy in a dozen years — she worried about spending hours in a clinic tethered to an intravenous line, enduring punishing chemotherapy that would make … Continue reading
