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Tom Wilhelm |
The story of Joey Stott - a marrow transplant patient featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition sheds light on the financial hardships transplant patients face. With your help, Be The Match FoundationSM is raising funds for patients.
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Joey, a 34-year-old wife and mother can relate better than most to the financial blow of a life-threatening disease. Even though Joey had health insurance when she was treated for leukemia in 2004, she is still paying off $40,000 in uninsured medical bills from her life-saving marrow transplant.
“I didn’t think about the medical bills while in the hospital and my husband didn’t either, but there was a lot to think about when I got home.”
“I wish I had known about your patient assistance grants back then. Families can use the help. Every little bit counts.”
Joey's Marrow Match
Like 70 percent of patients in need of a marrow transplant, Joey had no donor match in her family. She had to rely on the kindness of strangers. She found her donor, Tom Wilhelm, on Be The Match RegistrySM.
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