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Without Medicare Part B’s shield, patient’s family owes $81,739 for a single air-ambulance flight

By TONY LEYS Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. “She was the kind of person who didn’t go to the doctor for anything.” That ended last year, when the rural Tennessee resident suffered a devastating stroke […]

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