Most doctors I've had here don't have a lot of knowledge about sickle cell. I want to help educate my community on the disease the way I was educated.

Simply put, this is a monopoly within Medicare that is now working against the patients it was intended to help and is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.

The doctors said that more stimulation from familiar noises and sounds may help, so they're just going to have to handle it.

We had a department in place to handle questions and concerns from doctors, but we didn't have anything for patients. We don't typically talk about results with patients. In most states, we're not even allowed to discuss medical results with patients.

Every other doctor with MVMA agreed to this new reimbursement methodology. The only doctors who haven't are these 45 oncologists.

Doctors said she could help 30 to 50 people, she was so young.