Dawn Smith, Brain Tumor Victim - Her Rallying Cry

October 07, 2009

Dawn Smith, Brain Tumor Victim - Her Rallying Cry

From THE HUFFINGTON POST

The past few years of Dawn Smith's life have been a medical nightmare turned around only when her story became a rallying cry for health care reform.

Four years ago, the Georgia native was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. Her problems were as much bureaucratic as medical -- Smith's insurer, CIGNA, declined to cover the costs associated with going to an out-of-network epilepsy center. Without more innovative testing and treatment, she was left with crippling head pains.

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