As KRQE News 13 points out in “Medicare plan on payment for cancer drugs stirs battle” this proposal has sparked a heated dispute between interest groups, including different groups of doctors.
For example, cancer doctors say the proposal will harm patients as smaller, often rural, clinics will not be able to afford to administer the drugs and could even close. On the other hand, primary care physicians are in favor of the proposal and accuse the other side of using scare tactics to turn patients against it.
