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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (18867)	8/18/2010 12:18:09 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

No, someone has to make decisions, but has not Medicare generally followed the FDA? That is, if the FDA determined a drug is useful in a particular context did it no t previously qualify for reimbursement? My k knowledge of this subject is admittedly weak but I think chemo agents that are determined by FDA are usually covered, although part d certainly changed the wa ys in which they are covered. I do know that mc often fights m medical oncology offices over these bills but usually on technical grounds.