Why patients have to be their own advocates
I am a 47-year-old female. In December of 2010, I had surgery to remove a 2 inch atrial myxoma (a heart tumor) in my left atrium. The costs for that were astronomical. That is not what I am writing about. I am writing about what happened in the months after my surgery and a cure that cost $9.19 if you don’t count all of the unnecessary doctor visits and …
 
      



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