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A man from Virginia reached the "doughnut hole" in April 2008 and had to stop his chemotherapy treatment because he could no longer afford it. To try and pay for hospital expenses not covered by Medicare, he and his wife had to sell their house and his wife's business. Read more Medicare stories.
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