SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Emotional testimony this morning in the Senate Commerce Committee in Pierre over a bill providing insurance coverage of oral, chemotherapy drugs.
A cancer patient painstakingly related her story to lawmakers. She told the panel how her life was limited by traditional chemotherapy and the additional freedom she gained under oral chemo.
She said no cancer patient should have an extra burden of making tough financial decisions. "It's horrendous the emtions you go through anyway."
Senate bill 101 was sent to the floor.