For 15 years, Elisabeth was a church pianist without health insurance. She had always embraced a healthy lifestyle, so when she qualified for Medicaid in 2014, she had no idea it would end up saving her life. In early 2015, Elisabeth began experiencing troubling symptoms— confusion, depression, and eventually seizures. When a small bump to the head led to a major seizure, tests revealed a large brain tumor pressing on the upper right hemisphere of her brain. The diagnosis:

No family should lose access to care because of a system failure, and no individual should require legal intervention to receive the health benefits to which they are entitled under law. Charles B’s experience is demonstrative of the harm caused by these failures. Charles, a husband and father, was diagnosed with an exceedingly rare and aggressive cancer at just 28 years old. Standard treatments were not sufficient. His medical team recommended an aggressive course of care: h

Nearly two years ago, one of our clients received news that no one wants to hear – she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Originally...