UNINSURED BUT UNDAUNTED, A SURGICAL PATIENT SEARCHED THE GLOBE FOR A DEAL

When surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair — and saved thousands by traveling out of state.

KFF Health News reports that when surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair — and saved thousands by traveling out of state.

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