Without Medicare Part B's shield, patient's family owes $81,000 for a single air-ambulance flight

Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. "She was the kind of person who didn't go to the doctor for anything."

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