Watch: She almost died. The $ 250,000 debt took away their house.

June 21, 2022

</p> <p>Cindy Powers needed 19 surgeries over five years for abdominal problems and life-threatening infections. “I knew at least three times when she died on the operating table and her heart had to be restarted,” her husband Jim Powers told consumer investigative correspondent Anna Werner on CBS Evening News. </p> <p>Cindy’s illness led to $ 250,000 in bills, bankruptcy and eventually foreclosure of the couple’s home in Texas.</p> <p>The forces now living in Colorado are among more than 100 million people in the United States burdened with health debts, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-100-million-americans-hidden-medical-debt/">according to an investigation by KHN and NPR</a>. Jim described Cindy’s illness as five years of hell. The financial consequences for the couple lasted even longer.</p> <p>
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