Penny Wingard of Charlotte, North Carolina, has survived breast cancer, a brain aneurysm, and surgery on both eyes. For the past eight years, she’s been battling tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt. (ANERI PATTANI / KHN)
By Aneri Pattani Kaiser Health News/khn. org CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a year of chemo and radiation, doctors told Penelope “Penny” Wingard in 2014 that…