Choosing Between Death And Deportation [khn.org]

Alicia Doktor 5/21/184:00 AM

“Dear the most highly respected judge and court, I’m writing this because I love my mom. My mom is very important to me. I have no idea what to do without her. Even though my mom’s afraid, she’s not giving up.”

This is the beginning of a plea written by a 13-year-old girl to the Department of Homeland Security. The goal: to get her mother the insurance coverage she would need to enter a clinical trial.

Two years ago, the girl’s mother learned she had advanced stomach cancer. Undocumented and uninsured, the mother received free treatment at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan through New York’s emergency Medicaid program, which undoubtedly prolonged her life.

[For more on this story by Dan Gorenstein, go to https://khn.org/news/between-death-and-deportation/]

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