Medicare is about to penalize the 15-minute breakthrough that saves cancer patients hours of pain

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In cancer care, every hour a patient spends getting treatment is an hour away from the rest of their life. It could mean another afternoon in an infusion chair instead of at home. Another childcare arrangement to make. More missed work. Another exhausting drive to a distant treatment center.

Medical advances that turn a seven-hour infusion into a minutes-long injection make living with cancer dramatically less punishing. 

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