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Why is Cancer Care in Crisis?
In this first installment, I am going to give you a brief overview on why cancer care in the United States is in crisis. Back in 2003, Congress passed a law that contained major changes to the way that Medicare pays cancer clinics for cancer drugs and services. The intent was to better balance the
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Finally—Good News for Oncology From Congress!
Community Oncology Alliance. 2011 Mar 14, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon Dr. Patrick Cobb is immediate past President of the Community Oncology Alliance and Chairman of the COA Policy Committee and Ted Okon is Executive Director, Community Oncology Alliance. View profiles of Dr. Cobb and Mr. Okon. We have done a lot of reporting on the problems
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