A Montana woman five years in remission from lymphoma lost Medicaid for being "not sick enough." The cancer's gone. The nerve damage isn't. The state's form has a box for "employed" and no box for "survived and can't hold the pen."
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A cancer survivor five years in remission lost Medicaid for being "not sick enough." The cancer's gone. The nerve damage isn't. The form has a box for "employed" and none for "can't hold the pen."
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A cancer survivor five years in remission lost Medicaid for being "not sick enough." The cancer's gone. The nerve damage isn't. The form has a box for "employed" and no box for "can't hold the pen."
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Montana says a cancer survivor is "not sick enough" for Medicaid. The state has a form for sick. It doesn't have a form for "survived and can't feel her hands." Neither does the country.
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Saturday, September 12: the Houthis have an island, Saudi shut a pipeline, Norway's leaving, a robot hacked a library and the librarian quit, the president's golfing in Ireland, a woman in remission lost her insurance for not being sick enough, and a 23-year-old plays for the first American major in 23 years tomorrow. Tell one. Vote. Watch the tennis.
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Montana's Medicaid case heads to court. Rural Americans are about to learn the difference between "affordable care" and "bear-spray-based dentistry."
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