Man with double insurance still owes nearly $150,000 in medical bills after bike crash
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"CBS This Morning" is examining unexpected medical costs as part of our continuing "Bill of the Month" series, in partnership with Kaiser Health News and NPR.
We can all learn some lessons about health care from a former professional athlete who had a serious accident and ended up in intensive care. Cyclist Phil Gaimon was left on the hook for about $150,000 in medical bills — even though he had both primary and secondary health insurance.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.