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Article: Fla. sen.: Cancer patients in trials need coverage
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- October 29, 2009
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A powerful state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor's visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical trials.
And if the insurers won't do it voluntarily, Sen. Don Gaetz says he'll introduce a bill in the next legislative session that forces them to, according to Health News Florida, an online news service.
Gaetz, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health Regulation, called industry lobbyists to his office in the Capitol on Monday to lay down their options: work with him now to draft a voluntary agreement requiring coverage or battle him in the Legislature this spring ...
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March 2, 2008 ;
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