"He still takes seven or eight pricy anti-rejection medications every day"

Steve Elling reports on Erik Compton starting Q-school second stage Wednesday and notes:

A newlywed with a baby girl due in late February, he told CBSSports.com on Sunday that he pays $600 a month for health insurance through the bridge program called Cobra, designed to fill gaps in coverage when workers are between jobs. He said it expires in six months and after that, he'll be scrambling for answers. His 14-hour heart surgery last May 20 and resulting hospital stay cost $1 million, he estimated. He still takes seven or eight pricy anti-rejection medications every day, he said.

Comments

[thusgone]

it was pretty cool to see this guy play so well after such travails.

i always wonder who pays for these incredibly expensive medical procedures. i haven't read where he has had a job that might give him health coverage or whether he is wealthy by other means. does the pga of america (assuming he's a member) supply healthcare coverage>

[Mike C.]

Take it from me the majority of that cost not paid by insurance will probably be written off by the surgeons and hospital as goodwill afterwards. The drug costs are a whole other story and do add up over time.

[Eric Stratton]

thusgone...

...make no mistake about it, you pay for it.

ES

[Bob]

Perhaps an endorsement deal with Cobra golf is in his future....