Malignant melanoma. Those are two words no one wants to
hear. Imagine hearing them, and being uninsured. That is the news one of our
patients received from the surgeon last month. Malignant melanoma…
How do you find hope? Where do you turn for answers? In this
country, where we have so many resources, why do we still feel that healthcare
is for the privileged?
I am always left with so many questions and so few answers
when a situation like this occurs. Yes, we can send him to the university
hospital, and they will provide care to him – either by qualifying him for
Medicaid (unlikely in Michigan) or more likely he will qualify for their
“Charity Care” program – and all its stigmas.
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