Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that will require insurance companies covering intravenous chemotherapy also to cover oral chemotherapy.
The bill passed the state Legislature April 1 with wide bipartisan support. Walker lauded the bill’s passage in a Thursday statement.
“Oral chemotherapy is a potentially life-saving option for some cancer patients,” Walker said in the statement. “With all of the uncertainty in health care costs today, it just makes sense that we make sure this vitally important treatment is affordable to all citizens.”
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, also praised the bill’s passage in a statement Tuesday.
“Wisconsin is now much closer to joining Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and many other states in enacting oral chemo legislation to ensure individuals fighting cancer get the essential, life-saving care they need,” Barca said in the statement.
Walker also thanked state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. Pat Strachota, R-West Bend, for their contributions to the bill.
