Sunday, December 22, 2013

California Healthcare Changes Leave Woman Without Treatment for Terminal Disease



California Healthcare Changes Leave Woman Without Treatment for Terminal Disease
by AWR Hawkins 21 Dec 2013, 3:25 PM PDT
Paradise, CA resident Tiffany St. Cyr has a rare disease that is incurable but survivable with treatment, yet she cannot get care because of healthcare changes California adopted in anticipation of Obamacare and corresponding state healthcare changes.

St. Cyr is 28-years old and suffers from Achalasia. It has made her esophagus so weak that she is unable to move food from her mouth to her stomach, basically starving her to death.

The Mayo Clinic says there is no cure for the disease, but its "symptoms can usually be managed with minimally invasive (endoscopic) therapy or surgery."

This where the healthcare changes come into play for St. Cyr. According to the Paradise Post, "St. Cyr was previously covered under no-share cost MediCal" but on November 1st "was transferred to a managed healthcare plan" that does not cover treatments for her disease.

This transfer to a managed plan took place "pursuant to AB 1467, the 2012-13 [California] State budget."

According to the California Legislature's Bill Analysis webpage, AB1467 made certain changes to MediCal to "comply with requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act," also known as Obamacare. Other changes were made in anticipation of the January 1, 2014 roll-out of Covered California, "California's own version of [Obamacare]."

But the result of it all is that St. Cyr cannot pay for the treatment she needs to reverse the effects of her disease.

CA Assemblyman Dan Logue (R-3rd Dist.) has taken up St. Cyr's cause and says he is "prepared to write a letter (to Sacramento)" on her behalf, "asking that she gets the kind of care that she needs."

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Jerry Brown is the California state government governor, and his sister is Kathleen Brown.

Note: Kathleen Brown was the California state government treasurer, is Governor Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
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W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and Human Rights First.
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Mark A. Angelson is a director at Human Rights First, and was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Kathleen Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Governor Jerry Brown’s sister, and was the California state government treasurer.
Jerry Brown is Kathleen Brown’s brother, and the California state government governor.





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