"(Posted this below, but for the sake of third party observers I'll answer it here too) That says precisely what the TPM article says. She went to an Urgent Care Clinic, which is not the same as going to get in-depth care. Those places are for problems too serious to wait until the practitioner's office opens but not serious eneough for an emergency room. They will send you home with some symptom treatment and tell you to contact your regular doctor in the morning (for an injury) or if symptoms persist for more than a few days (for things like cold and flu symptoms, so this is most likely what she was told). Obviously, when the medicine didn't clear up the symptoms and she was supposed to see a general practitioner, she didn't because she couldn't afford it. That turn for the worse may never have happened if she had sought in-depth care. And even if it wasn't actually H1N1, it was still something that KILLED HER, and is therefore a serious illness." - Lisa Fortuner