AS sufferer hit by disability cutbacks
Auto parts supplier Dana Corp has, in the course of filing for bankruptcy, has cut benefits to employees on long-term disability -- meaning they will no longer receive disability payments or health insurance. That has left Terry Stephens, a 44-year-old Dana employee who went on long-term disability last July due to his ankylosing spondylitis, in a dire situation, especially since one medication costs $1,700 a month (almost certainly an anti-TNF drug). Via Bent Not Broken.
Update 3/15: More on Terry Stephens from The Morning Sun, a Michigan daily.
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