Cancer-stricken woman mistakenly declared dead by government has health coverage cut off

A Florida woman battling pancreatic cancer was left without medical coverage after the federal government mistakenly declared her dead — a bureaucratic blunder that has stalled her treatment and forced her family to beg for help during a nationwide government shutdown .

Patty Rosher, of Pace, Fla., learned she was considered deceased by the Social Security Administration after her husband’s death in May, her daughter, Catina Lacsamana, told local outlet WEAR-TV.

The error caused Rosher’s Social Security, Medicare and supplemental insurance benefits to be immediately terminated. 4

The family only discovered the mistake months later — when Rosher, 68, was diagnosed with aggressive pancreatic cancer and learned she couldn’t start chemotherapy because her insurance coverage no longe