Savannah woman works through injuries as health insurance costs soar

Carry Smith yawned as she fastened the driver’s side seat belt in her 2002 Toyota Sequoia. On a Sunday in early May, Smith headed to one of her four part-time jobs in Chatham County, part of her seven-day work week.

Two years earlier, Smith suffered life-threatening injuries when a deer crashed into her car. None of her jobs offer health benefits, and so she works every day to afford the insurance that keeps her necessary follow-up medical care accessible.

“What it means to me is my lifeline,” Smith said…

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