Medical Budget Spending
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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
of those in need.
Moreover, the eld ....
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.... Health Care Financing Administration (which
administers Medicare) would run the demonstration, it would be funded by
specified receipts from national tobacco legislation and, thus, would
not draw upon Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) or Supplementary
Medical Insurance (SMI) trust funds. The proposal includes an evaluation
after three years to consider whether to expand the demonstration.
Aid for the territories: The budget proposes $153 million in
increased funding u ....
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