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Cancer patients hit by sequester cuts to Medicare

Some cancer clinics have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients, blaming the sequester budget cuts.

Oncologists say that 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, possibly at hospitals, where cancer care tends to be more expensive for both the government and the individual.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/03/cancer-clinics-are-turning-away-thousands-of-medicare-patients-blame-the-sequester/

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