{"id":9093,"date":"2017-12-28T08:45:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2017-12-28T08:45:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T13:45:56","slug":"sickle-cell-patients-families-and-doctors-face-a-fight-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9093","title":{"rendered":"Sickle Cell Patients, Families And Doctors Face A \u2018Fight For Everything\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">CHICAGO \u2014 The day before his 30th birthday, Marqus Valentine was in a panic. \u201cI was so scared for midnight to come rolling around because subconsciously I was like, \u2018This is it. 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