| Are there any resources for uninsured cancer patients have tried ACS, etc? Mom has stage 3 colon cancer. state funded hospital refused to do a colonoscopy b/c she's uninsured. grandfather died from colon cancer. Mths later at a different hospital she was rushed into surgery to have her appendix removed only to discover it had already been removed, instead part of her colon and some lymph nodes were removed. This was in July. She began chemo in Oct and got real sick. She had to wait until feb to get a colonoscopy b/c she's uninsured. No signs of cancer but she got sicker. Yesterday the biopsy results came back she has an inoperable tumor outside of her colon and to top it off the for profit hospital dumped her as a patient b/c her bill exceeds 30k. Chemo is going to be used to try to prolong her life by up to 3 years. Soc Sec is lost her records and denied her claim. She has appealed and hired a lawyer. She has to wait 4 to 6 months. Medicare/caid won't help her b/c she doesn't have breast cancer and isn't pregnant. found another hosp fight 2 keep food stamps |