Death Panels in Oregon

In August, Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission issued an update to its guidelines for providing cancer treatment to low-income individuals covered by the state Medicaid program. These new guidelines require that Medicaid deny coverage for certain cancer treatments for patients that have been deemed “too” sick, haven’t responded well to previous treatments, or can’t care [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/death-panels-in-oregon/