Medicaid expansion was associated with lower colorectal cancer mortality, with the largest reductions in Hispanic patients and stage IV disease.
|Articles|July 29, 2013
Segment 7- Healthcare System Challenges
Panelists agreed that the cost of the new agents discussed to treat melanoma will be a challenge, just as the cost of healthcare as a whole in the United States is a major challenge.
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Panelists agreed that the cost of the new agents discussed to treat melanoma will be a challenge, just as the cost of healthcare as a whole in the United States is a major challenge. Figuring out where the waste is in healthcare is difficult. “In order to ensure competition really does have these drugs available at a price that everyone has access to, we’re going to have to use tools like formularies and pathways to highlight where things are equally effective,” said Dr Malin.
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Older adults on Medicare report the best access to care among 10 countries but more cost-related problems and higher out-of-pocket spending.
Even when physicians prescribe guideline-preferred therapies, step therapy and prior authorization can delay or restrict access to CLL therapies.
The FDA approves atezolizumab with a fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin as adjuvant therapy for stage III dMMR colon cancer based on the ATOMIC trial.
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The trade group says CMS lacks authority to impose GLOBE, which is set to begin January 1.
Biomarker-driven care is advancing in mantle cell lymphoma, though cost and infrastructure limit access in community oncology, according to a review.
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