
- In a column, “Why are insurers waging war on patients?” in the
- “I have to have my son or my daughter in-law help me with a lot of situations since I can’t read materials now that I’m blind,” Murphy told reporters with WRCB-TV.
- Murphy is among 1,600
- Some people have public health insurance (Medicare) but still struggle because Medicare puts a larger burden on them for sharing in the costs of their care than some private insurance plans. It also can cause issues for those who receive a kidney transplant, as Medicare cuts off coverage for anti-rejection medication needed to keep a donated organ after just a few years. Early looked to American Kidney Fund to help with his payments for secondary insurance so he can afford to be covered by Medicare. Premium assistance has been critical to improving Early's quality of life, according to a
- He called on government leaders to ensure charitable assistance is available and protected from health insurers who want to avoid covering people with pre-existing or chronic diseases. “Each year, tens of thousands of Americans living with devastating conditions are given a second chance at life thanks to support from charities,” he said. “The government is allowing insurers to take away this second chance.”
- "Although my husband is no longer with us, charitable assistance allowed our family to spend precious time with him during his final years,” Haymon wrote in
- “Health insurance companies and a federal government agency have recently taken steps aimed at benefiting insurers rather than patients,"
- “Many Oregonians battling rare, complex, and chronic health conditions rely on nonprofit patient assistance programs to bridge to the costly, yet indispensable, care that would otherwise be unattainable,” he wrote in the