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Man With Breast Cancer Denied Medicaid Coverage
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 08, 2011 03:27am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Lauri Apple |
| News Date | Monday, August 8, 2011 02:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Every year 2,100 American men are diagnosed with breast cancer, which obviously means that breast cancer is not a "woman's disease." Yet the federal government still treats it as such, as Raymond Johnson—an official Man With Breast Cancer—can tell you.
Johnson, 26, learned he had breast cancer last month when he presented to his local hospital in Charleston, S.C. with terrible chest pains. After receiving his diagnosis and being discharged from the hospital, he applied for Medicaid. Supposedly he met all the eligibility requirements except the one that required him to be a woman, so his application was denied. |
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