South Carolina health officials are petitioning the federal government to overhaul its "discriminatory" Medicaid rules after a local construction worker was denied coverage for breast cancer treatments because he is a man.
Raymond Johnson, 26, found out about his cancer last month. He visited the emergency room after a pain in his chest became unbearable. He already knew he had a lump there but, "being a male," assumed it was a cyst.
When the tests came back, "I found out I had cancer."
Thoughts flashed through his head, he told FoxNews.com. "Is this gonna be it for me? Am I gonna die?"
He stepped outside, he said, and "talked to the Lord." He resolved to do what had to be done to deal with the disease.
But when Johnson, who is uninsured, applied for Medicaid, he was swiftly rejected. The reason? He is a man.
"To me it's really dumb. ... It's not as common as a woman having breast cancer, but we do have it," Johnson said.
Brock:
ReplyDeleteA buddy of mine in Idaho died from bone cancer, which began as breast cancer, requiring him to undergo a mastectomy at the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
So, yes, GUYS do get breast cancer.
Here's the URL for the song I wrote about him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AgGNCkwPDg
Jesse Gale Rhodehouse lived in Parker, Idaho with his wife and daughter, where he was a Certified Public Accountant.
He had served in the Air Force in Germany as a Security Policeman, was a deputy sheriff in Pocatello, Idaho, served a full time mission to Australia for The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, worked for the Post Office, and was an Emergency Medical Technician on the Fremont County ambulance.
He had degrees from a couple of colleges or universities.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Gulfport, Mississippi 39507
Very touching, John. Thanks.
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