Instead, patients are struggling to piece together information.

The patient struggled to rise, but the table on which he lay was too narrow.

Thinking through these decisions at a time when patients are struggling with issues of life and potential death are often difficult.

The hiccups can be so severe that patients often struggle to eat, sleep and carry on conversations.

When we start talking, the patient may already have struggled for a long time with the idea, but I'm just beginning.

The disease also disrupts speech, so patients may struggle to remember common words.

Some other face-transplant patients have struggled to accept their new appearance.

"Even patients with higher levels of education can struggle to interpret current food labels," the study said.

The patient struggled in applying these skills to "real-life" situations.

Individual doctors and their patients are not the only ones struggling with Medicaid here.