Legislation On Oral Cancer Treatment Parity Returns
A Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills) bill providing parity for cancer patients who take treatments orally at home was introduced in the House on early this month.
Currently, chemotherapy received intravenously at a hospital or clinic is covered by insurance, and is cheaper because it’s billed as a service. Oral chemotherapies, however, are only covered if an IV form is not available, and they have a more expensive out-of-pocket cost because they’re billed as a drug.
Steckloff said the types of chemotherapy available in both forms are “staggering”, leading Michiganders who want to take treatments orally to pay completely out-of-pocket.
Her own oral chemotherapy medication is only covered because there isn’t an IV alternative available, [Read More]