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Dr. Yousuf Zafar and Dr. Amy P. Abernethy

A Need For Health Care Reform: Cancer Care Costs And The Patient Perspective

By Dr. Yousuf Zafar and Dr. Amy P. Abernethy August 15, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The health reform discussion has been focusing on the systemic impact of health care costs, but somewhere in the bar graphs detailing trillions of dollars in projected spending, the daily experience of the cancer patient has been lost.

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