Austin Considine reports on Shane Hutte:

The ironies are clear, if truth be somewhat elusive. Welcome to a broken health care system a broken culture where we fight against better forms of what we already use and need. Where a person with a pre-existing condition must be broke in order not to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills.

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