Mother, wife, million-dollar patient
“Her family relies on food stamps to get by, but the price of just one of Olive-McCoy’s drugs will be about $600,000 this year. Each week, she injects medicine into her body that’s worth more than a year’s rent for the tiny bungalow she shares with her husband, Ryan McCoy, and their two children. When Olive-McCoy has an attack, the costs for other drugs and care can spiral — she has received hospital bills for more than $1 million.”