How Being a Writer Helped Me Navigate the American Health Insurance System—and Get My Hands on “Liquid Gold”

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“IVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.”
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Frase de exemploIVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.
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“Lit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?”
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Frase de exemploLit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?
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“I had to quit my dream job teaching fiction writing in prison and largely abandon my own creative life.”
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Frase de exemploI had to quit my dream job teaching fiction writing in prison and largely abandon my own creative life.
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“IVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.”
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Frase de exemploIVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.
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“The article would shed light on my specific insurance company’s withholding of life-saving treatment—an accusation that several California families had recently made in court against the same company, on behalf of their deceased family members who’d been denied coverage for IVIG.”
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Frase de exemploThe article would shed light on my specific insurance company’s withholding of life-saving treatment—an accusation that several California families had recently made in court against the same company, on behalf of their deceased family members who’d been denied coverage for IVIG.
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“Lit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?”
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Frase de exemploLit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?
smith-stevens7x no texto
“__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.”
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Frase de exemplo__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.
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“After a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.”
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Frase de exemploAfter a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.
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“__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.”
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Frase de exemplo__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.
patients6x no texto
“Many patients call immune globulin “liquid gold,” because it’s so precious to us—and so costly.”
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Frase de exemploMany patients call immune globulin “liquid gold,” because it’s so precious to us—and so costly.
literary5x no texto
“Lit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?”
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Frase de exemploLit Hub Daily October 19, 2026 Kristin Grogan considers new collections of Sylvia Plath’s writing What makes a bad literary adaptation bad?
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“I had to quit my dream job teaching fiction writing in prison and largely abandon my own creative life.”
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Frase de exemploI had to quit my dream job teaching fiction writing in prison and largely abandon my own creative life.
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“chronic illness doctors Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens Grehounds insurance medication mental illness Emma Smith-Stevens Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of a novel, The Australian (Dzanc Books), and a short story collection, Greyhounds (Dzanc Books), forthcoming in early 2018.”
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Frase de exemplochronic illness doctors Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens Grehounds insurance medication mental illness Emma Smith-Stevens Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of a novel, The Australian (Dzanc Books), and a short story collection, Greyhounds (Dzanc Books), forthcoming in early 2018.
medical5x no texto
“Things aren’t perfect for me in my rapport with medical professionals.”
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Frase de exemploThings aren’t perfect for me in my rapport with medical professionals.
dzanc5x no texto
“__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.”
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Frase de exemplo__________________________________ Greyhounds by Emma Smith-Stevens is available from Dzanc.
symptoms5x no texto
“After a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.”
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Frase de exemploAfter a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.
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“First I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and a second tick-borne disease called babesiosis.”
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Frase de exemploFirst I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and a second tick-borne disease called babesiosis.
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“IVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.”
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Frase de exemploIVIG was not “the answer” to all facets of my illness in the way that my doctors thought it would be.
liquid4x no texto
“Many patients call immune globulin “liquid gold,” because it’s so precious to us—and so costly.”
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Frase de exemploMany patients call immune globulin “liquid gold,” because it’s so precious to us—and so costly.
enough4x no texto
“What if they no longer like me enough to help me?”
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Frase de exemploWhat if they no longer like me enough to help me?
ever4x no texto
“She also brought me the most delicious sandwich I’ve ever had while I was in a mental hospital on Thanksgiving evening.”
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Frase de exemploShe also brought me the most delicious sandwich I’ve ever had while I was in a mental hospital on Thanksgiving evening.
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“Hospitals, it turns out, are very dangerous places, particularly for the immunocompromised.”
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Frase de exemploHospitals, it turns out, are very dangerous places, particularly for the immunocompromised.
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“I’ve been told “a psychiatrist is the best person to oversee your care” when in fact I had autoimmune encephalitis and inflammatory arthritis, among other afflictions, and despite labs clearly showing high levels of inflammation and autoimmune antibodies.”
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Frase de exemploI’ve been told “a psychiatrist is the best person to oversee your care” when in fact I had autoimmune encephalitis and inflammatory arthritis, among other afflictions, and despite labs clearly showing high levels of inflammation and autoimmune antibodies.
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“I was told I needed IVIG, intravenous infusions of immune proteins extracted from donor blood that would temper my body’s autoimmune assault on my nerves; in later years, I also needed IVIG to bolster my immunity whilst huge swaths of my immune system were wiped out by medications primarily used for cancer, so my own disease-fighting powers would stop their assaults on me.”
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Frase de exemploI was told I needed IVIG, intravenous infusions of immune proteins extracted from donor blood that would temper my body’s autoimmune assault on my nerves; in later years, I also needed IVIG to bolster my immunity whilst huge swaths of my immune system were wiped out by medications primarily used for cancer, so my own disease-fighting powers would stop their assaults on me.
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“Literary Hub » How Being a Writer Helped Me Navigate the American Health Insurance System—and Get My Hands on “Liquid Gold” Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Become A Member Lit Hub Radio The Lit Hub Podcast Awakeners Fiction/Non/Fiction The Critic and Her Publics Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Memoir Nation Beyond the Page First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Thresholds The Cosmic Library Culture Schlock Reading Lists Book Marks Best Reviewed Books CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill Log In Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads Log In How Being a Writer Helped Me Navigate the American Health Insurance System—and Get My Hands on “Liquid Gold” Emma Smith-Stevens on the High Cost of Her Medical Care and the Cruelty of For-Profit Medicine Via Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens October 20, 2026 On December 22nd, 2015, after a couple years of unexplained and fleeting on-and-off symptoms, I woke up with a fever, my joints aflame, the air on my skin feeling like shards of glass.”
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Frase de exemploLiterary Hub » How Being a Writer Helped Me Navigate the American Health Insurance System—and Get My Hands on “Liquid Gold” Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Become A Member Lit Hub Radio The Lit Hub Podcast Awakeners Fiction/Non/Fiction The Critic and Her Publics Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Memoir Nation Beyond the Page First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Thresholds The Cosmic Library Culture Schlock Reading Lists Book Marks Best Reviewed Books CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill Log In Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads Log In How Being a Writer Helped Me Navigate the American Health Insurance System—and Get My Hands on “Liquid Gold” Emma Smith-Stevens on the High Cost of Her Medical Care and the Cruelty of For-Profit Medicine Via Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens October 20, 2026 On December 22nd, 2015, after a couple years of unexplained and fleeting on-and-off symptoms, I woke up with a fever, my joints aflame, the air on my skin feeling like shards of glass.
novel3x no texto
“chronic illness doctors Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens Grehounds insurance medication mental illness Emma Smith-Stevens Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of a novel, The Australian (Dzanc Books), and a short story collection, Greyhounds (Dzanc Books), forthcoming in early 2018.”
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Frase de exemplochronic illness doctors Dzanc Emma Smith-Stevens Grehounds insurance medication mental illness Emma Smith-Stevens Emma Smith-Stevens is the author of a novel, The Australian (Dzanc Books), and a short story collection, Greyhounds (Dzanc Books), forthcoming in early 2018.
air3x no texto
“After a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.”
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Frase de exemploAfter a year of treatment certain symptoms had lessened, including “air hunger,” a feeling that one can’t properly breathe, that the lungs are incapable of taking in or retaining enough air, that you’re drowning, somehow, on land.
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“Over the next few months my life shrunk, forcing me to contort into someone I no longer recognized.”
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Frase de exemploOver the next few months my life shrunk, forcing me to contort into someone I no longer recognized.
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“Article continues after advertisement In a matter of a few months, I gained enough weight from high-dose steroids and sugar cravings caused by the opioids I took for pain that I became unrecognizable to many.”
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Frase de exemploArticle continues after advertisement In a matter of a few months, I gained enough weight from high-dose steroids and sugar cravings caused by the opioids I took for pain that I became unrecognizable to many.
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“Article continues after advertisement In a matter of a few months, I gained enough weight from high-dose steroids and sugar cravings caused by the opioids I took for pain that I became unrecognizable to many.”
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Frase de exemploArticle continues after advertisement In a matter of a few months, I gained enough weight from high-dose steroids and sugar cravings caused by the opioids I took for pain that I became unrecognizable to many.