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Community Oncology Alliance

Cancer community gathers on Capitol Hill to save cancer care

Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 14th, 2006

The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) recently assembled cancer patients and cancer care professionals from across the country in order to deliver a message to elected officials on Capitol Hill that cancer care in the U.S. is being threatened by drastic cuts imposed by the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA).

According to Steve Coplon, COA executive director, "The Administration has not kept its promise to protect cancer patients' access to care. Radical cuts have forced cancer clinics across the country to close doors, reduce services, and shift patients in some cases to facilities outside the patient's home state."

On July 13, 2006, Dr. Fred Schnell,...

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