4-1-14 cancer drug bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill designed to make chemotherapy drugs in pill form more affordable for cancer patients is one of the last proposals up for a vote in the state Senate this year.  The bill is among more than 50 the Senate is scheduled to pass on Tuesday before adjourning to begin the campaign season in earnest.  The measure would require health insurers to charge the same price for chemotherapy pills, which can be taken at home, as they charge for intravenous treatments that are administered at hospitals.  The Assembly passed the bill last month and once it clears the Senate as expected it heads to Gov. Scott Walker, who has said he will sign it.