He Returned to the US for His Daughter’s Wedding. He Left With a $42,000 Hospital Bill

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News)

Last June, Jay Comfort flew to the United States from his home in Switzerland to attend his only daughter’s wedding. But the week before the ceremony — on a Friday evening — Comfort said he found himself in “excruciating pain.”

“I tried to gut it out for three hours because of the insurance situation,” said Comfort, a retired teacher and American citizen who has Swiss insurance. Continue reading here…

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