On the recordJune 27, 2012
Every day more and more cancer patients across the country are denied coverage for smart drugs because insurance companies refuse to cover them. A resident in my district called my office last month to say that her insurance company refused to cover an oral chemotherapy drug she was prescribed to fight her cancer because her policy only covered generic drugs. Madam Speaker, the insurance paradigm has not kept pace with the science, and this is unacceptable. That is why I have introduced H.R. 2746, the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act, to mandate parity in coverage for all forms of chemotherapy, whether they're administered orally or through the vein. I urge colleagues to support this legislation because cancer treatment should be determined by a physician, not by arbitrary and outdated insurance policies. ____________________
