How A Patient’s ‘Miracle Treatment’ Led To Financial Ruin
Ron and Julie Briggs bet big on Sacramento lawyer G. Ford Gilbert's controversial diabetes treatment. Now Ron says, “I feel like I’ve been duped.”
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Montana Couple Sinks Life Savings Into 'Miracle' Diabetes Treatment
Ron Briggs used to call himself a “good cash cow for the medical industry.” That’s because every few weeks, an ambulance would rush across the rugged, cowboy town of Dillon, Montana, sirens blaring, to revive him from a diabetic coma. The nation has a limited supply of healthcare dollars to spend on drugs and services, which is why the government and health plans require scientific evidence of patient benefit. This is especially important for the 30.3 million people in the U.S. with diabetes, whose medical costs in 2012 totaled $245 billion.He and his wife, Julie, a strong and mothering woman where Ron is concerned, gets choked up when they talk about those days, some four years ago. Those days before they found their “miracle” for treating his disease — the same miracle that would be at the heart of a criminal indictment, embroil them in a lawsuit and lead to their financial ruin. (Clark, 4/26)