Cancer Patient: Medicaid Expansion Could Help Save Lives Like Mine in South Dakota

Ida Sievers of Renner, South Dakota, describes in this KELO TV (keloland.com) story how she avoided going to the doctor despite feeling awful for almost two years because she lacked health coverage—then when she finally went it turned out she had untreated leukemia. Dr. Rich Wender, the Chief Cancer Control Officer of the American Cancer Society, traveled to South Dakota to talk about how innovative models already used in 30 states could extend Medicaid coverage to South Dakota residents and result in earlier cancer treatment and healthier people.

https://vimeo.com/142174560

Adam Searing is an Associate Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

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