In South Carolina, where I work for a hospital, you automatically qualify for Medicaid when you’re diagnosed with cancer. This way people don’t die from untrea

In South Carolina, where I work for a hospital, you automatically qualify for Medicaid when you’re diagnosed with cancer. This way people don’t die from untreated cancer. Getting diagnosed early when uninsured is where we fail as a society. Our politicians cover up this failure by giving them Medicaid so we spend $500k treating advanced disease and they still die, rather than universal coverage.