UPDATE! New Legislation Seeks to Bring Down Costs of Anti-Cancer Medicine

Maryland Governor O'Malley signed into law the Kathleen Mathias Oral Chemo Parity Bill. Cindy Carter, Executive Director of CSFI, was one of the honored guests for the bill signing ceremony. 
The BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There are new drugs in the battle against cancer, if you can afford them. Some people who can’t are dying. Alex DeMetrick reports that’s prompted legislation to bring new chemotherapy costs down to save lives. Chemotherapy drugs delivered by IV were once state-of-the-art, but a new generation of cancer-fighting drugs comes in pills. (Continue Reading)