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A Tragic Death Shows How ERs Fail Patients Who Struggle With Addiction

Jameson Rybak, son of Jim and Suzanne Rybak of Florence, S.C., struggled with opioid addiction and died of an overdose on June 9, 2020 — three months after he left a hospital ER because he feared he couldn't afford treatment. (Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News)
Jameson Rybak, son of Jim and Suzanne Rybak of Florence, S.C., struggled with opioid addiction and died of an overdose on June 9, 2020 — three months after he left a hospital ER because he feared he couldn't afford treatment. (Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News)

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