Here's a pressing story about how patient's receive cancer treatment might change - and very soon. Medicare is proposing cuts that would affect Americans undergoing cancer treatment and limit their options. The decision for this is happening on Monday, August 31.

Medicare cuts will force many cancer centers to close, stop seeing Medicare patients, lay off staff, according to ASTRO survey.

Many recent studies have found that Medicare spending across the country varies greatly. But despite these spending differences, aggregate health outcomes tend to be the same no matter which region a person lives in. Because of this, some policy makers have determined that there is no value to the excess costs in high-spending areas.

Previously uninsured adults who received Medicare coverage reported improvements in health, especially those with cardiovascular disease or diabetes, according to a study in the December 26 issue of JAMA.