Health Care In Hazard: Cathy Nance

Six years ago, Cathy Nance had to have open heart surgery. Later, she had kidney cancer. Because of poor health and inability to work, she became homeless, until she was helped by Harlan Countians for a Healthy Community, in Kentucky. “I worked all my life. If anyone had told me that later on I would be in the shape I was in, I wouldn’t have believed it,” she confesses. “So it can happen before you know it.”

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<h1>Health Care In Hazard: Cathy Nance</h1>
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			November 13, 2009		</time>
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Six years ago, Cathy Nance had to have open heart surgery. Later, she had kidney cancer. Because of poor health and inability to work, she became homeless, until she was helped by Harlan Countians for a Healthy Community, in Kentucky. “I worked all my life. If anyone had told me that later on I would be in the shape I was in, I wouldn’t have believed it,” she confesses. “So it can happen before you know it.” <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/7F38451F-F75C-423C-B57D-8DA718C9FA72"> Read Related Article </a> Related Videos:  <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/CDFAE734-890E-48FB-BFB4-4427373DB1D5">Gerry Roll </a>|  <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/43A1AD19-9C5D-437B-961C-EE0DF7CAC2F6">Beverly May </a>| <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/07C653C3-1ABA-43F6-8430-1DAE8DEC3260">Annie Fox </a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20Care%20In%20Hazard%3A%20Cathy%20Nance&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F111309rural-nance%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-nance/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9977&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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