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Released: April 06, 2013
Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients
Source: Sarah Kliff - The Washington Post
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.
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