Medicare to cover breakthrough gene therapy for some cancers
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Expanding access to a promising but costly treatment, Medicare said Wednesday it will cover for some blood cancers a breakthrough gene therapy that revs up a patient's own immune cells to destroy malignancies. Officials said Medicare will cover CAR-T cell therapies for certain types of lymphoma and leukemia, uses that are approved by the