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Proposed Medicare Cuts May Limit Chemotherapy.

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| October 21, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Detroit Free Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Kim Norris

Oct. 21--Potentially significant cuts to federal reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs have some cancer doctors threatening to stop administering the life-saving medicines in their offices.

Proposals in House and Senate versions of pending Medicare drug legislation are targeting the reimbursements Medicare pays doctors for close to 100 chemotherapy drugs.

The legislation could cut up to $16 billion of Medicare funding for cancer care over the next 10 years, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.

In Michigan, a state with a comparatively large number of Medicare beneficiaries, that translates to $280 million…

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