title: Dead man walking.
abstract: A year after seeing a physician for abdominal pain and obstipation and being told he couldn't be adequately evaluated without insurance, an uninsured man is diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. Like thousands of other Americans, he will die for lack of insurance.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stillman
authors.forename: Monalisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tailor
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D008297:Male; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D009026:Mortality; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D010819:Physician's Role; D014481:United States