Rep. Higgins Calls for Equal Access to Affordable Oral Chemotherapy Prescription Drugs Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak
May 05, 2020
May 05, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 4:
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) is pushing for the next COVID-19 emergency package to include language giving cancer patients equal access to oral chemotherapy medications that can be taken at home. Oral chemo parity, requiring similar health insurance coverage for oral chemo drugs as that provided for injectable or intravenous chemo, is a measure Congressman Higgins has been fighting . . .
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) is pushing for the next COVID-19 emergency package to include language giving cancer patients equal access to oral chemotherapy medications that can be taken at home. Oral chemo parity, requiring similar health insurance coverage for oral chemo drugs as that provided for injectable or intravenous chemo, is a measure Congressman Higgins has been fighting . . .