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No Job and Soon No Benefits, Race to Help Son Stay Cancer Free.

Authors :
Sack, Kevin
McDonald, Brent
Source :
New York Times. 4/21/2009, Vol. 158 Issue 54652, p1. 0p.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

When Danna Walker left the second-floor conference room and returned tearily to her desk -- where someone had already deposited a packing box for her belongings -- her first thought was not of the 14 years she had worked for DHL or the loss of her $37,000-a-year salary. It was of Jake. In three months, once her benefits ran out, how in the world would she provide health insurance for Jake, her mountainous, red-headed 21-year-old son, who had learned three years earlier that he had metastatic testicular cancer? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
158
Issue :
54652
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
37822522