http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/2009/10/15/how-to-make-a-statement-101/ Your Voice...Use It Or Lose It! Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/2009/10/15/how-to-make-a-statement-101/#comment-239 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:58:53 +0000 http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/?p=602#comment-239 this is a frightening read, and i hope the recent healthcare reforms being debated will address such issues

]]> http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/2009/10/15/how-to-make-a-statement-101/#comment-230 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:56:48 +0000 http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/?p=602#comment-230 and by INFANTS, I meant BABIES … hey, where’s the delete button around here?

]]> http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/2009/10/15/how-to-make-a-statement-101/#comment-229 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:55:17 +0000 http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/?p=602#comment-229 Obesity as a pre-existing condition for INFANTS? A 4 year-old was denied healthcare coverage cause he was too fat. Good thing his daddy is a news reporter. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=875129

]]> http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/2009/10/15/how-to-make-a-statement-101/#comment-228 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:25 +0000 http://littlegirlbigvoice.com/?p=602#comment-228 My mom was just telling me today about one of her patients – sweet 24 year old girl – who she is now treating for excruciating pain because a mole on her back metastasized and tumors have spread to her brain and the rest of her body. She knew she needed the mole removed before this happened, but she couldn’t because she didn’t have health insurance. Now, that she has health insurance, she can’t get the treatment she needs for the tumors in her brain. So, she’s going through chemo treatment after chemo treatment, trying to prevent it from spreading further until her health insurance provider will agree to pay for the treatment that she really needs. Ugh. This girl is going to die before she is 30 because she couldn’t get a mole removed before it sent her to the hospital. Thank goodness for the Dawn Smiths of the world because Lord knows something needs to change.

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