This is what I wrote to the Director: I am writing you because I'm EXTREMELY disappointed in HCI!!!!! My doctor sent a referral for me to see one or more of your specialists as it is believed that I have a brand new cancer that is not currently known to medical science or a small possibility I have a new blood disease that is not known; diagnosed by the Mayo Clinic after their team of 23 Hematology/Oncology specialists studied my medical history/case file for a full 3 days! I was informed today, March 5, 2015, by one of your employees, that because I do not have insurance and I'm on Financial Assistance thru IHC, somehow I don't qualify for YOUR Financial Assistance and I was denied seeing your specialists because I'm indigent and don't have any major form of insurance like Medicaid or Medicare. It's pretty sad HCI is more concerned about money versus a persons life!!!!!

I employ EVERYONE to take 3-5 minutes to send Huntsman Cancer Institute a horrible email on my behalf about them being money-hungry and greedy instead of trying to care for and help people, especially like someone in my situation, that may have a brand new cancer. The email to their Public Affairs Director is public.affairs@hci.utah.edu They ask people for donations and the U of U gut just a multi-million dollar grant to do studies concerning "new diseases and new cancers" but ironically I somehow don't qualify????