PHOENIX (AP) — A leukemia patient's death probably could have been avoided if Arizona hadn't suspended Medicaid coverage for some transplants for six months, a transplant doctor says.
Dr. Jeffrey Schriber said 31-year-old James Johnson of Phoenix likely could have obtained a bone-marrow transplant within weeks late last fall were it not for the coverage cutoff that began Oct. 1 under a state budget cut approved earlier last year.
via myfoxphoenix.com
This is a sad story about Politics and Medicaid coverage, or better said, lack of coverage in Arizona. Thank you Madame Governor Brewer!
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