Family haunted by avalanche of bills after son’s death: ‘It’s continuous’
After their seven-month-old son James died in hospice nearly three years ago, the Cavatores face hundreds of thousands in medical bills – despite having insurance
Twins Thomas and James Cavatore were only about a month old in winter 2016, still in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Houston, Texas, hospital, when the bills started rolling in. Just as steadily as Thomas improved, James deteriorated, undergoing nearly a dozen operations and as many emergency room visits during his short life.
James was just seven months old when he died in hospice. But the Cavatore family would be haunted by an avalanche of bills for years to come, despite having medical insurance.