Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system
by Tom Murphy
Jun 02, 2024
4 minutes
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Tamika Davis couldn’t nap on her couch during cancer treatment. She kept worrying one of her toddlers would wander over and pull out the needle delivering chemotherapy.
Friends and family watched her kids when they could during her treatment last year for colon cancer. But Davis had gaps with no help because she couldn’t afford child care and didn’t know where to look for assistance.
“I did not have the strength nor the energy to try to navigate these things myself,” the San Antonio, Texas, resident said.
are not getting enough help dealing with a healthcare system that is growing increasingly complex, according to researchers and
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