Monster Essays - Medical Budget Spending
Providing Cancer Clinical Trials for Medicare Beneficiaries
Less than three percent of cancer patients participate in clinical
trials of new therapies. Many scientists believe that higher
participation could lead to the faster development of therapies for more
Moreover, the elderly, who are most likely to get cancer, often
cannot participate in such trials because Medicare does not pay for such
treatments until they are established as standard therapies. Americans
over 65 make up half of all cancer patients, and are 10 times more
likely to get cance....
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