Officially, former tug boat captain Lawrence Michalski died ofcardio-respiratory disease last month in his Seminole, Fla., home.
Unofficially, his wife and some doctors say the 67-year-old mandied in part because changes in Medicare funding left him scramblingto find a particular drug treatment that many health care providerssay they can no longer afford to give needy patients.
The case has become a flashpoint in an argument over thousands ofMedicare patients suffering from rare immune disorders and otherillnesses that can be treated with intravenous immune globulin, orIVIG.
Immune globulin is a mixture of antibodies, infection-fightingproteins that …
Medicare cut called death sentence Drop in payment prompts doctors to stop dispensing immune drugOfficially, former tug boat captain Lawrence Michalski died ofcardio-respiratory disease last month in his Seminole, Fla., home.
Unofficially, his wife and some doctors say the 67-year-old mandied in part because changes in Medicare funding left him scramblingto find a particular drug treatment that many health care providerssay they can no longer afford to give needy patients.
The case has become a flashpoint in an argument over thousands ofMedicare patients suffering from rare immune disorders and otherillnesses that can be treated with intravenous immune globulin, orIVIG.
Immune globulin is a mixture of antibodies, infection-fightingproteins that …
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