Big Bills For A Small Heart: The Lemacks' Story

A Virginia family got permission for out-of-network care for their son’s heart defect but still ended up drowning in debt.

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Article HTML <h1>Big Bills For A Small Heart: The Lemacks’ Story</h1> <div> <time class="posted-on" datetime="2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00"> January 19, 2010 </time> </div> <p>A Virginia family got permission for out-of-network care for their son’s heart defect but still ended up drowning in debt.</p><p> <strong /></p><p> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/2F89A107-F5B0-46EB-B4D9-0F07F09932D7"> <strong>Read full story</strong> </a> </p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/?share=x"> Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/?share=facebook"> Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/?share=linkedin"> Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn </a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Big%20Bills%20For%20A%20Small%20Heart%3A%20The%20Lemacks%27%20Story&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart%2F&share=email"> Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/#print?share=print"> Click to print (Opens in new window) Print </a></li><li> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/view/republish/"> Republish This Story </a> </li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/011910-big-bills-for-a-small-heart/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11328&ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>
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