Ethics in Practice - Medika Life

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

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Immunity Passports will negatively impact the prow and disadvantaged in our communities. Can we afford this now?. Too many lives have already been lost.

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