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Spokane Valley man weighs worsening blindness against new medical bills
Spokane Valley couple faces $975 eye treatment bills after charity care cut
Key points (ReadOut summary)
- Syfovre injections for Paul's macular degeneration previously fully covered by Medicare and MultiCare aid
- Two new invoices of $975 each arrived after MultiCare ended financial assistance for provider services
- MultiCare confirmed policy change but cited only consistency with state law, not specific legislation
- Paul Mutton now must choose between continuing treatment or going blind faster
- Congressman Michael Baumgartner offered constituent help and referenced a new $50 billion Eastern Washington healthcare fund
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A Spokane Valley couple said new bills for eye treatments left them weighing eyesight against costs they cannot afford. Tamara Mutton said her husband was losing