Clinic: Ohioan championed by Obama will keep home (Natoma Canfield )

[IndianaGreen]

Published Tuesday March 16, 2010

Clinic: Ohioan championed by Obama will keep home

By MEGHAN BARR Associated Press Writer

CLEVELAND (AP) - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.

With a self-reported annual income of about $6,000, Natoma Canfield is a prime candidate for financial aid in the form of Medicaid - the federal health care program for low-income and disabled people - or charitable assistance.

And the Cleveland Clinic said it has no intention of putting out a lien on Canfield's house - or letting the billing process interfere with her treatment.

"It appears that I think she'll be fine," said Lyman Sornberger, the hospital's executive director of patient financial services. "By nature of the fact that she was not early on rejected by either program, that's a key indicator that she will most likely be eligible."

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100316/AP09/303169857#clinic-ohioan-championed-by-obama-will-keep-home

[zbdent]

1. seems kinda like all those "exposes" during sweeps month, from all those

"looking out for the consumer" advocate/"investigators" ...

when a company is exposed on TV for screwing over someone, THEN they decide to make sure the problem is resolved ... only after the spotlight is shone on them.

Kinda like deathbed confessions ...

[Phx_Dem]

2. I sure hope that's the case. She could use a break. n/t

[monmouth]

3. Bless that poor woman, hopefully one less thing to worry her...n/t