{"id":1545,"date":"2007-03-30T05:01:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T05:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/catastrophic_brain_and_spinal\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:14:51","slug":"catastrophic-brain-and-spinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/catastrophic-brain-and-spinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Catastrophic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries &#8211; Where Is The Safety Net? &#8211; Time For Universal Health Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had the father of a young man in his early twenties come in to the office.  His son was involved in an automobile accident and sustained  serious injuries to his spine. It appears that he will be paralyzed for life from the waist down.  The young man\u2019s medical bills far exceed the liability insurance coverage, the hospital has filed a lien which will consume all of the available liability coverage and, to make matters worse, the young man has no health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Last month we got a call from a young man, an employee of a tree surgeon company, who fell from a tree. He was also sustained a serious spinal cord injury and was rendered a paraplegic. His employer had no workers\u2019 compensation insurance and he had no health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Last year a young women who had been an employee of our firm 10 years ago, was involved in an automobile accident and sustained a permanent brain injury from which she will never recover. She had limited medical insurance to take care of her initial medical needs but nothing to take care of her long-term care. She is now being cared for, at home, by her husband and family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/catastrophic-brain-and-spinal\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Catastrophic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries &#8211; Where Is The Safety Net? &#8211; Time For Universal Health Care?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had the father of a young man in his early twenties come in to the office. His son was involved in an automobile accident and sustained serious injuries to his spine. It appears that he will be paralyzed for life from the waist down. 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