Some patients pay thousands while others nothing at all in ‘medical postal code lottery’

Peter Pawlik, right, Ross Weiss, left

A hearing-impaired Calgary man is travelling to Austria to get a life-changing medical device surgically implanted that will help him hear clearly for the first time. Because the Alberta government won’t pay for the surgery, his retired parents are footing the $ 50,000 bill.

CBC | Health News

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