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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
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Dr. Sara Ritterling Patry, one of University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina's first graduates, practices internal medicine in Hutchinson, Kan./Aaron Patton for KHN
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