Conditions & Recovery · NY Times Health · September 15, 2026

Harold Freeman, Who Helped Remove Barriers to Cancer Treatment, Dies at 93

He developed a program that became a model for hospitals around the world, making it easier for poor Black patients to navigate an onerous bureaucratic system.

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