Emily Underwood, Author at Valley News

Gordon Surber, 57 — with wife Judy and their granddaughter Kinsinta Surber — is Mark’s brother-in-law. He also has end-stage COPD but he cannot get the same services. His health insurance policies do not cover the law’s at-home care. MUST CREDIT: Justin Maxon.

Easing Pain and Lifting Spirits

by Emily Underwood The Washington PostDecember 23, 2018

Gordon Surber and Mark Hailey have the same terminal lung disease. Brothers-in-law, they live next door to one another on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in rural Northern California. But they live in different worlds when it comes to health…

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