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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