Posts Categorized: Patients

Sunday, September 3, 2017

When cancer care is more than chemotherapy

Being told you have cancer is overwhelming, so is undergoing treatment. But for Lonnie Evans, it was hard to focus on getting better when he couldn't keep working and was denied disabilities benefits and public health insurance....Read More

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Ending the trade off between food and medication

Faced with making choices between food and medicine, Norris Nicholson chose to eat. But without his medications, his heart became weaker and he suffered multiple heart attacks. He had to get insurance if he was going to get better....Read More

Friday, September 1, 2017

Health insurance and a new home for Maxine

When work-related injuries forced Maxine to stop her job as a Nurse’s Aide, she was denied disability benefits multiple times. When her house burned down shortly after, her health began deteriorating. With help from her health center’s medical-legal partnership, Maxine appealed and won disability pay, which was only the first victory....Read More