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Big way. we serve over a million meals a day. these aren't the people that can go out and shout in the streets and make sure that the folks up on capitol hill know what's going on. now you're truly shut in. >> welcome back to "hardball." last night way brought you chairman of the board of directors for the meals on wheels association of america to explain the toll, the across the board spending cuts known as sequester, some of america's most vulnerable people. here's the director of the community oncology alliance talking about the effects of these arbitrary cuts on some cancer patients. >> i ...

Are going to these community onkolg clinics, right? >> that's correct. for the viewers who aren't familiar with what we say, these are the private practices within people's hometowns. this is where the joirtd of cancer treatments are treated. >> in these cancer clinics, government medicare helps to pay the cost of chemotherapy drugs, which are very expensive, right? >> right. very expensive. when people are reading about sequestration, they'll focus on the economic terms. it's hard for patients to understand cancer clinics are a small business. a practice administrator had to order your drugs ...

Here's the director of the community oncology alliance talking about the effects of these arbitrary cuts on some cancer patients. >> i had spoke to another practice administrator in salt lake city. she has an 82-year-old patient, a lymphoma survivor who has to travel 62 miles. >> you already have cancer, now you have this. we've told you about some of the programs hurt by sequester huts. special education and head start, of course. that's just a sampling. we're going to keep track, by the way, of those for whom these cuts are the unkindest of all. usually the poor, elderly, disabled and disenf...

Had to go into other settings. again, instead of being in their normal place with their normal physicians and doctors -- >> in the midst of chemo, let's be clear. >> yes, that's very upsetting. i mentioned i am a ten year survivor. i can remember what it felt like like it was yesterday. you're so vulnerable, so upset, it's the worst time of your life. no matter what you're portraying on the outside, your heart is breaking. you could be a single parent, in this case, we're talking about a medicare-age population. wherever you're at, it is one of the most unsettling times in life, but if you hav...

Cancer administrators and patient advocates from our practice. again, these are people that run the practices and patients within the practices. one of our practices, northwest georgia oncology, they have ten locations. 76 of their patients have now had to go into other settings. again, instead of being in their normal place with their normal physicians and doctors -- >> in the midst of chemo, let's be clear. >> i can remember what it felt like like it was yesterday. you're so vulnerable, so upset, it's the worst time of your life. no matter what you're portraying on the outside, your heart is...