Patients in line for transplants have been ruled ineligible--because they don't have enough money. Arizona's Medicaid program was helping, and now it's not, leaving those facing death to scramble to try to somehow raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. As for the politics of this, Arizona's right-wing governor Jan Brewer said the transplant cuts are necessary because of "Obamacare." |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.