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Many Las Vegas Shooting Survivors Face Significant Financial Burdens

Kurt Fowler looks at an X-ray of his ankle as he sits in a hospital bed at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. Fowler, a firefighter from Arizona, got shot in the ankle and said he expects to be out of work for months as he recovers. (Anna Gorman/KHN)
Kurt Fowler looks at an X-ray of his ankle as he sits in a hospital bed at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. Fowler, a firefighter from Arizona, got shot in the ankle and said he expects to be out of work for months as he recovers. (Anna Gorman/KHN)

The Las Vegas mass shooting injured more than 500 people. Many have months, if not years, of physical and emotional recovery ahead of them.

As Anna Gorman (@annagorman) of our partner Kaiser Health News reports, many survivors also face major expenses.

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