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MACK: OFFER CANCER PATIENTS HOPE WITH CLINICAL TRIALS COVERAGE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday July 15, 1999
MACK: OFFER CANCER PATIENTS HOPE WITH CLINICAL TRIALS COVERAGE
Washington-U.S. Senator Connie Mack (R-FL) introduced an amendment
today
to provide cancer patients with health insurance coverage of routine
costs
when they participate in approved cancer clinical trials. Senator
Mack
said cancer patients who have exhausted all traditional therapies
and are
fighting for their lives, should not be forced to make a medical decision
based on cost but rather on the potential benefit of promising new
treatments
offered in an approved clinical trial.
Many health plans will not pay for the costs of routine patient care
if
they are ...