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VA cancer patient secretly records doctor visit
VA cancer patient secretly records doctor visit
Retired Sgt.1 st Class Steve Cooper served in the U.S. Army for 18 years.Cooper was diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer in 2012.(Photo: Joe Dana/12 News)PHOENIX - A cancer patient hopes his secretly recorded visit to a VA physician will raise awareness about unresolved problems at the restructured government healthcare agency.
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Breast cancer patient beaten to death on way to treatment center
Breast cancer patient beaten to death on way to treatment center
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri woman battling breast cancer was beaten to death last week outside the Illinois hospital residence where she was being treated.Police said Shannon Vincel, of Springfield, Missouri, was hit over the head with a blunt object around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 as she and another patient waited for a hospital shuttle outside the Cancer Treatment Centers of America facility in Zion, Illinois.The 46-year-old woman died the next day."Why would anyone just walk up and beat a girl from behind, without warning and just beat her to death?" said Anita Adam, Vincel's mother.
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Arkansas judge's 'debtors' prison' court jailed cancer patient over unpaid bills
Arkansas judge's 'debtors' prison' court jailed cancer patient over unpaid bills
A judge in Sherwood, Arkansas is accused of running a "modern-day debtors' prison" that victimized a 44-year-old cancer patient, among others, the Huffington Post reported."People are doomed for failure when they appear before the court, and most significantly trapped in this never-ending cycle of expanding debt," said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law."With the resurgence of debtors' prisons, we will continue to see people cycle in and our of jails and prisons across our country merely because of their inability to pay fines and fees tied to low-level, nonviolent offenses."Sherwood District Court Judge Milas "Butch" Hale's conduct while leading the court's "hot checks division" is the focus of a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas.Acting in this capacity, Hale sentenced Lee Robertson to 90 days in jail for owing the court $3,054.51.
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