"I am a 57-year-old woman with stage 4 breast cancer which has metastasized to my bone in the hip area," said Mary Magwire of Millersville, Penn. "I had 15 radiation treatments and afterward suffered a very painful fracture in the same area. In testing for the source of the pain, the doctor found more lesions of cancer below the bone."
"I spent a precious eight months of my life fighting my insurance company to approve me getting into a vaccine study for metastasized breast cancer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, where I am being treated. I appealed and was turned down three times, before we decided to scrape pleading with them and selling a structured settlement annuity we had save to pay to pay for the treatment. This incident has made us even more wary of the health insurer as the just your wagon when you need them most.
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