Toni Dezomits had to change her ovarian cancer treatment plan due to a shortage of chemotherapy drugs Toni Dezomits, a 55-year-old retired law enforcement officer, is battling a recurrence of her stage 4 ovarian cancer. She had already undergone several rounds of chemotherapy when her doctor told her he had more bad news. Just a day before her third round of treatment last month, Ms. Dezomits was told there was a nationwide shortage of the generic chemotherapy drug, carboplatin, one of three drugs she was due to receive. Forced to…
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Appeals court considers nationwide freeze on Obamacares coverage mandate
Their lawsuit also alleges that Obamacare’s requirement for insurance to cover the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill used to prevent the transmission of HIV known as PrEP violates the religious rights of challengers. In their legal briefs, they equated the highly effective drug coverage with the encouragement of homosexuality and promiscuity. The merits of those legal arguments did not emerge in Tuesday’s hearing before the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which squarely focused on whether a nationwide freeze on the Obamacare mandate ordered by a lower court in…
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