Governor Abercrombie signed an oral chemotherapy parity bill into law on April 20. Some of you may know that Hawaii already had a similar law in place, but this new version adds more consumer cost protections in place so that oral chemotherapy is similar in cost to IV chemotherapy. This is a huge win for cancer patients in the State of Hawaii. Great work!
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.