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Article: Medical bills drive many into poverty.
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- Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2008
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Byline: Brandon Stahl
Sep. 28--A stroke, a heart attack, a cancer diagnosis -- even a routine hospital stay -- can have devastating financial results, forcing millions of people into life-and-death decisions about medical care.
It happened to 25-year-old Lynda Nygaard and her 3-year-old son, Noah, when his hospitalization for dehydration from the flu in April 2007 threw their lives into such financial chaos that they were evicted from their apartment in Superior.
Before she got pregnant, Nygaard said, her financial situation was stable. But shortly after giving birth, she was laid off from her job at a grocery store and lost her health ...
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