Edited by anniekins at 10-07-2023 20:44
Trying to find some normalcy during the Covid-19 pandemic,Brian Murphy and his family are on a summer excursion in Cape Cod when hiswife, Emma, comes down with concerning flu-like symptoms. But their leisurelyreturn home to New York City quickly becomes a race to the local hospital asshe suddenly begins seizing in the car. At the ICU, she is diagnosed witheastern equine encephalitis, a rare and highly lethal mosquito-borne viraldisease seemingly caught during one of their evening cookouts. Complicating thesituation further, Brian and Emma’s young daughter then begins to exhibitalarming physical and behavioral symptoms, too. Emma’s harrowing hospital stay becomes even more fraughtwhen Brian receives a staggering hospital bill full of outrageous charges andmurky language. To add insult to injury, his health insurance company refusesto cover any of the cost, citing dubious clauses in Brian’s policy. Forced tochoose between the ongoing care of family and bills he can never pay, andfurious at a shockingly indifferent healthcare system, Brian vows to seekjustice. But to get to the bottom of the predatory practices targeting hisloved ones and countless others, he must uncover the dark side of an industrythat has strayed drastically from its altruistic roots—and bring down thecallous executives preying on the sick and defenseless before the virus canclaim even more people . . .
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