Million-dollar lotto winner finally can afford a doctor visit, discovers he has terminal cancer and promptly dies
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3EYCF)
Donald Savastano was a self-employed carpenter eking out a marginal living without retirement savings or health insurance; when he won the $1 million jackpot in New York's "Merry Millionaire" lotto, he could finally afford to see a doctor to check out his long-term sense of unwellness. (more")