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TOM SAPUTO HAD A DOUBLE-LUNG TRANSPLANT IN JULY 2018 AFTER BEING FLOWN IN AN AIR AMBULANCE TO UCLA MEDICAL CENTER FROM THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. (ANNA ALMENDRALA/KHN)
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ALISHA COLYER APPLIED FOR ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER’S CHARITY CARE AROUND 2007 WHEN HER HUSBAND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR PNEUMONIA. BUT THE ISSUE WAS NEVER SETTLED AND YEARS LATER A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL BILLS HELPED PUSH THE COUPLE INTO BANKRUPTCY./DAN DELONG FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS