According To Milwaukie Journal Sentinel The Widow Of A Man Who Had To Join The Military Just To Get Her Health Care, Has Just That. At Least We Don't Have Government Coming Between A Patient And Their Doctor. In This Case Before He Joined The Military No One Was.

Caudle dies of cancer; husband joined Army to get health coverage

Michael Sears

Michelle Caudle rests her head on husband Bill’s shoulder after his graduation ceremony from Army basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in December 2009. Caudle entered the military after being laid off to provide for his family and get health care for Michelle, who died Friday after a long battle with ovarian cancer.

Couple spent time apart as she fought illness

By Mark Johnson of the Journal Sentinel

Sept. 2, 2011 |(70) Comments

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In October 2009, Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson told the story of Bill and Michelle Caudle of Watertown. Bill had been laid off in March and Michelle had been battling ovarian cancer since 2006. He needed to find a new job with health coverage and made a difficult decision. He enlisted in the Army for four years.
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Michelle Caudle, a mother of three and ovarian cancer patient who became a reluctant symbol of the nation's fight over health care reform when her husband joined the Army to get coverage for her, died Friday. She was 42.
After receiving chemotherapy for 30 of the last 57 months, after brain surgery, after days when she couldn't stand the smell of the hospital or the click-click-click of the chemo pump, Michelle longed finally for relief.
"I just feel like I've fought all I can fight," she said from her hospital bed a few weeks ago. "I want to be peaceful."
Sitting at her bedside that day, gently combing her hair, was her husband of 23 years, Bill, who'd returned in late April from his base near Tacoma, Wash., to be with her. On a sofa in her hospital room, wrapped in a blanket, was the youngest of their three children, Chelsea, now 16 and a junior in high school.

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