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April 26, 2013 10:08 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8eiWKw-1Jwc/story01.htm
US budget sequester means thousands of chemotherapy patients on Medicare turnedaway
Once again, America's government screws over cancer patients: "Most of Medicare was shielded from the sequester, but because chemotherapy is funded by part of the program that was not, clinics are starting to turn away thousands of patients because they say they can't afford to provide treatments at the reduced rate." [NPR, thanks Amy]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8eiWKw-1Jwc/story01.htm
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