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A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Kareen King calls it “the ultimate paradox”: The hospital that saved her husband Jeff’s heart also broke it. What Happened Jeff King, of Lawrence, Kan., needed… Read More
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Insulin’s High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
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Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn’t afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.