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This Mississippian needs a new liver. The state’s only transplant hospital can’t give it to him.
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,07/25/22-3:06PM, 502 Reads
How an ongoing insurance dispute between Mississippi’s largest hospital and health insurer forced a Mississippian to get critical care hundreds of miles from home.
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In ‘The Movement Made Us,’ father and son reflect on the past, both remembered and forgotten
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/13/22-4:20PM, 419 Reads
David Dennis Jr. grew up with two versions of David Dennis Sr.: one, an activist at the very center of the civil rights movement who skirted death countless times; the other, his father, the man whose approval and attention he desperately wanted.
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Frank Dungan poses for a portrait near Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Miss., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

In need of immediate care, liver transplant candidate drops Blue Cross for Marketplace insurance
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,07/08/22-4:06PM, 400 Reads
Frank Dungan of Madison needs a liver transplant, but the focus of his past few months has not been his health. His focus has been a battle between his insurance company and his hospital that left him without insurance coverage at the state’s only organ transplant program.
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Christy Van and her son, Cooper Van, 8, demonstrate how to use high-frequency chest wall oscillation while at home in Jayess, Miss., Thursday, April 21, 2022. The vest clears the lungs of excess mucus for cystic fibrosis. Cooper was diagnosed with the disorder when he was 6 years old. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

For very sick Mississippi children, Blue Cross-UMMC dispute reaches breaking point
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/30/22-2:00PM, 465 Reads
Children with cystic fibrosis, rare genetic conditions and transplant recipients who receive care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will now face astronomical medical bills or be forced to get their care elsewhere if they are insured by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi.
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