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

Moreover, the elderly, who are most likely to get cancer, often

cannot participate in such trials because Medicare does not pay for such

treatments until they are established as standard therapies. Americans

over 65 make up half of all cancer patients, and are 10 times more

likely to get cancer than younger Americans.

The budget would give more Americans access to these cutting-edge

treatments and encourage higher participation in clinical trials by

establishing a three-year, $750 million demonstration program,

specifically for Medicare beneficiaries, to cover the patient care costs

for those who participate in certain federally-sponsored cancer clinical

trials. Although the Health Care Financing Administration (which

would give States the option to provide health coverage to

research that will lay the foundation for new innovations to improve

enacted. But immigrant children who entered after the law was

States can provide health coverage to legal immigrant children

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