OPINION: Patients of a Lesser God or Victims of an Unjust Bureaucracy?

By Yolanda "Yoli" R. Diaz | Dec 20, 2023

Did you know that if you are a Doña Ana County (DAC) resident without health insurance coverage, and are diagnosed with cancer, you will be denied an appointment and ultimately denied life-saving cancer treatment at Memorial Medical Cancer Center (MMC)? Most folks I ask answer, shockingly, “No!” Yet the residents who have experienced this devastating denial can substantiate this as their reality.