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Cancer treatment, nearly $4 billion, patients out of pocket costs for cancer treatment. less than half the cost recovered by private insured. 4% of cancer treatment were covered by medicaid which this new health care plan could end up cutting. the american cancer society in a report on the costs of this disease concluded the following, access to quality health care insurance is essential to making cancer care affordable for patients and survivors and without insurance coverage cancer patients would likely face treatment costs totaling tens and possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars. more on this conversation, i want to bring in dick woodruff. he s the senior vice president of the cancer network. thanks for being with us. you estimate that there are about 2 million americans who are being treated for cancer who are cancer survivors who realize on medicaid. as you look at this bill and those patients, what do you see? thanks for having me. we ll see a lot of americans lose their ins ....

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