{"id":12133,"date":"2018-12-05T09:58:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2018-12-05T09:58:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:58:05","slug":"no-cash-no-heart-transplant-centers-require-proof-of-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12133","title":{"rendered":"No Cash, No Heart. Transplant Centers Require Proof Of Payment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>When Patrick Mannion heard about the Michigan woman denied a heart transplant because she couldn\u2019t afford the anti-rejection drugs, he knew what she was up against.<\/p>\n<p>On social media posts of a letter that\u00a0went viral\u00a0last month, Hedda Martin, 60, of Grand Rapids, was informed that she was not a candidate for a heart transplant because of her finances. 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