News out of Florida,

Medicaid Drops Coverage For Mom With Cancer

“FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Diana Smith has gone through six months of radiation and chemotherapy — one week out of every month. She fears she will die without the bone marrow transplant scheduled for Tuesday.

Diana Smith has gone through six months of radiation and chemotherapy — one week out of every month. She is in remission and had a donor for a transplant; being in remission is prerequisite for the transplant.

But her hopes of receiving the transplant were dashed in March, when she says, the Social Security Administration contacted her –without her soliciting it — and told her that her three year-old son was entitled to receive Social Security disability payments. Even though she didn’t ask for it, she signed the form and received her son’s first check check.

In April, Medicaid canceled her universal health care policy because her income level had risen with her son’s payments – making her ineligible for the insurance program.”

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I thought only private health insurance did this and Obamacare was the cure?