I was just talking with my wife the other night about how her aunt swears Kaiser killed her dad because he came in multiple times for this cough that bothered his throat. He kept being ignored and brushed aside, and low and behold full blown throat cancer took him out. From the initial doctor visit till his death a few years later or some significant chunk of time, he was estimated to have been in his early stages where treatment was on option. By the time it spread it was too late.