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Kidney transplant recipients battle for medical coverage
There's a health crisis unfolding in Ohio, Michigan, and nationwide, with people's lives hanging in the balance. Kidney transplant patients must have anti-rejection medication to keep their transplanted organ, but 13abc has found they often can't afford it. 13abc health specialist Susan Ross Wells has been investigating this no-win scenario that has prompted a local woman to launch a campaign to help.On its face, what we discovered seems unbelievable: kidney disease patients can get money for the transplants they need, but after they have a new kidney, they find limitations on obtaining the medication required to keep the kidney from being rejected.
"He died of a brain hemorrhage, and but, I think he knew, ya' know, it was.... the dialysis was rough on him.. I think in the end he just gave up."
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WTVG 13abc Toledo OH