WI cancer treatment bill PASSES state senate 30-2...on to the Assembly

[HereSince1628]

Just to keep the story straight, the Fitzgerald's made their play as told in Pic of the Moment...and FAILED

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/stalled-cancer-bill-now-appears-headed-for-a-senate-vote-b99228036z1-250789571.html

Madison — The state Senate overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to help curb costs for cancer patients taking chemotherapy pills — and another vote was scheduled for Thursday in the Assembly, where Republicans could still make changes that could kill the measure.

GOP Gov. Scott Walker hadn't taken a firm position on the measure by late Tuesday, though his spokeswoman, Laurel Patrick, said Walker would likely be "inclined" to sign it if the Assembly backs the measure by as wide a margin as the Senate did.

Walker's Democratic opponent, Mary Burke, supports the bill.

The proposal — approved 30-2 by the Senate — would require health plans to provide the same coverage for expensive chemotherapy drugs taken as pills at home as they do for the expensive chemotherapy administered through IVs at hospitals or clinics.

"Oral chemo is the wave of the future," said Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), a breast cancer survivor and lead sponsor of the measure in her house. "In a big way today we're bringing our statutes up to speed of the technology of this drug."

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[djean111]

1. Walker HAS to see that not signing this bill will affect his prez chances, I would think.

probably pisses him off that whatever he does now is under a microscope and reported on nationally.

[HereSince1628]

2. They still have some cards to play...the House could possibly add poison pill language

that would make reconciliation and a trip to Walker's desk impossible.

[dembotoz]

3. don't think it will reach walker--has to go thru assmbly

sounds like they will amend

no time left for a compromise bill
session expires

tons of republicans can show a yes vote on a bill that will not go anywhere

window dressing

insurance companies won--the people of wisconsin lost
the bastard republicans have their asses covered

death panels rule

business as usual in the badger state

[HereSince1628]

4. Yes that scenario certainly has potential

But, at the same time, the bill has had bipartisan and popular support.

Cancer comes into the lives of most families. So far, what's been demonstrated is loopholes in health insurance that use technicalities about the form of delivery of a chemotherapy (IV drip administered in hospital covered vs oral meds taken at home not covered) to leave patients with the bill aren't at all popular, even among teahadists.