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Moved by plight of young heart patient, stranger pays his hospital bill – News-Medical.Net
Even with insurance, Matthew Fentress faced a medical bill of more than $10,000 after a heart operation. A cook at a senior living community in Kentucky, he fig…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 8 2020
Even with insurance, Matthew Fentress faced a medical bill of more than $10,000 after a heart operation. A cook at a senior living community in Kentucky, he figured he could never pay what he owed — until a stranger who lives 2,000 miles away stepped in to help.
“The system still failed me,” said Fentress, 31. “It was humanity that stepped up.”
Karen Fritz, a retired college professor in Las Vegas, saw part of his story on “CBS This Morning,” which…
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