Lifeline: Why cancer patients depend on Medicare for critical coverage
January 1, 2013
In this 2013 report ACS CAN explored the relationship between Medicare and cancer, including how cancer affects the elderly and the financial impact the disease has on the Medicare program and its beneficiaries.
The DIVERSE Trials Act (H.R. 5030/S. 2706) could increase racial, socioeconomic and geographic diversity in clinical trials and make it easier for all cancer patients to participate.
Telehealth visits that enable providers to deliver clinical services from a distance using options like video conferencing and remote monitoring can provide cancer patients and survivors with a convenient means of accessing both cancer care and primary care.
