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Postal Worker with Stage 4 Breast Cancer Fought Insurance Company for Life-Saving Treatment for Eight Months While Cancer Spread

"I am a 57-year-old woman with stage 4 breast cancer which has metastasized to my bone in the hip area," said Margaret Murphy of Millersville, Penn. "I had 15 radiation treatments and afterward suffered a very painful fracture in the same area. In testing for the source of the pain, the doctor found more lesions of cancer below the bone."

"I spent a precious eight months of my life fighting my insurance company to approve me getting into a vaccine study for metastasized breast cancer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, where I am being treated. I appealed and was turned down three times, before finally being approved. They stated that they didn’t cover ‘experimental’ studies or treatments. Although there are a few women who beat the odds, my doctor states I most likely have two to five years to live."

Brother Denied Peaceful Goodbye to His Family

“My brother-in-law, Samuel McAdam, was diagnosed with stage four melanoma/sarcoma,” recalls Sheryl Weersing of Thornton, Pa. “His doctors recommended an oral drug that was being used to give patients some time with their families to get their lives in order, without being tied to intravenous meds. His insurance company denied the treatment. They insisted that he start with a treatment that was for a stage I or II level of the disease, for which he had to go to the hospital and get IV therapy.”