Yahoo: Dad in Kansas Jailed Over Medical Debt from Son’s Leukemia Treatments and Wife’s Seizures
Heather and her son Lane Biggs simply needed medical care. A few years ago, Lane, who was diagnosed with leukemia at age five, was receiving treatment. At the same time, his mom, Heather, began having seizures from Lyme disease. Heather and her husband Tres were left with piles of medical debt that they couldn’t afford. The Biggs family live in Coffeyville, Kansas. To make ends meet, Tres began working two jobs. Still, they couldn’t afford health insurance, but they didn’t qualify for Medicaid either because they made too much money. Heather told CBS News: “We had so many multiple...
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