Update: Another priceless anecdote, too good to check

Published March 16, 2010 4:00am ET



Remember Natoma Canfield, the lady Obama has referenced repeatedly? She’s the one who dumped her insurance because it became too expensive, and was then diagnosed with leukemia. She was supposedly going to lose her home because she needed cancer treatment.

Well, as with so many tear-jerking anecdotes — I think back to Al Gore’s woman who picked up cans on the side of the road — looks like it’s been embellished beyond recognition. She will not lose her home, and she’ll probably get financial aid, a Cleveland Clinic official tells Fox News:

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