Staten Island woman with lung cancer battles red tape for her treatment
June 13th, 2009
Signed “a frustrated U.S. citizen,” Stacey Macchiarulo’s letter to President Barack Obama tells a tale that rings true for millions of Americans also shaken to the core by the insurance industry:
How can it be, the Oakwood resident questions, that somebody like her mother who worked hard her entire life, was forced into poverty and bankruptcy when she first was diagnosed with lung cancer?