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☆ A man charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn't afford her medical bills
  + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A man said he killed his wife because he couldn't pay her medical bills, per a police statement. AdvertisementA man charged with strangling and killing his wife at the hospital said he did it because he couldn't pay her medical bills, according to a detective's probable cause statement. AdvertisementHe admitted to killing his wife by choking her and covering her mouth and nose to keep her from screaming, before leaving the hospital, according to the statement. Medical debt has surged over the last decade, becoming the largest source of debt in collections, per the National Institutes of Health. AdvertisementAs Business Insider previously reported, about a quarter of Gen Z and millennials are skipping rent and mortgage bills to pay off medical debt.
Persons: Ronnie Wiggs, —, Todd Winborn, Winborn, Wiggs, Miranda, he'd, Jean Peters Baker, Gen Organizations: Service, Centerpoint Medical Center, NPR, Family Foundation, National Institutes of Health Locations: Missouri, Independence , Missouri, Jackson County
☆ Man Killed His Wife Because He Couldn’t Pay Her Medical Bills, He Tells Police
  + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A Missouri man charged with strangling his wife told the police that he had killed her while she was lying in a hospital bed because he could not take care of her or pay her medical bills, prosecutors said. The man, Ronnie Wiggs, 75, of Independence, Mo., appeared in court on Monday on a second-degree murder charge, records show. About 7:30 p.m. Friday, Ms. Wiggs, was seen in her room “alert and oriented,” according to court records. (Code blue is a hospital announcement that typically means a patient is in cardiac or respiratory arrest.) She was unresponsive and did not have a pulse, according to charging documents.
Persons: Ronnie Wiggs, Ellen Wiggs, Wiggs Organizations: Centerpoint, Center Locations: Missouri, Independence, Mo, Kansas City
☆ 5 surprising travel deals you can get at Costco: From car rentals to African safaris
  + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Car rentalsJonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesCostco Travel offers members exclusive rates on car-rental brands including Alamo, Avis, Budget, and Enterprise. You can search by brand or find the best deal using the retailer's low price finder search tool, which allows you to narrow down search results by car type, number of passengers, and luggage amount. Costco's rental car program also features additional member perks like the ability to book an additional driver at select locations, "book now, pay at the counter" options, zero cancellation fees, and an annual 2% award for executive members.
Persons: Jonathan Wiggs Organizations: Boston Globe, Getty, Costco Travel, Alamo, Budget Locations: Avis
☆ DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard divides Venezuelan Americans
  + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Carmen.Jpg | Carmen Sesin | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Ron DeSantis sent two planes of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, advertising executive Max Lefeld slammed the move as a political stunt. A group of migrants huddle on a sidewalk in front of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The divisions largely fall along political lines, with Venezuelan Republicans defending DeSantis and Democrats blasting the move. Venezuelan migrants often cross the perilous Darien Gap in the Colombia-Panama border and then make their way north across Central America. Now many Venezuelans are divided, with Republicans defending DeSantis’ move to send Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard and Democrats condemning it.
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