News:Medicare Increasing Unable to Tamp Down Cancer Costs

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(WikiDoc) - The price of cancer drugs has ballooned over the past 15 years and Medicare is increasingly unable to do anything about it, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Spending on cancer drugs is also rising faster than many other areas of health care and it may be up to policymakers to stem its mounting costs. The author's article contends Medicare seems to have less freedom to contain those expenses because of the "unique legislative and regulatory framework" that surrounds cancer drugs.(NEJM)