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While family members refused to look at Haige’s insurance plan as a death sentence, it soon became clear that their loved one was facing the biggest fight of his life. Countless visits to doctors, claims adjusters, and loan officers proved futile, with Haige being told at every turn that his case was hopeless.
“They said there was nothing they could do for him, that modern medicine was powerless against this monster,” Sheila Haige said. “Still, Michael never gave up. He kept saying that he was going to beat the odds, that he was going to find some way to get coverage.”