Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 3, 1994                   TAG: 9402030134
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

MEDICARE TO COVER CHEMOTHERAPY PILLS

Medicare normally does not cover outpatient prescription drugs, but the law was changed last year to provide reimbursement for anti-cancer drugs that people take themselves.

The Health Care Financing Administration said four anti-cancer drugs now are covered: cyclophosphamide tablets, etoposide capsules, methotrexate tablets and melphalan tablets. - Associated Press