- Bend Bulletin main site
- Bend Bulletin archives
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy
- Contact the Bulletin
- Comments/Questions?
Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin
February 14, 2008
Jerome Schmidt goes to the emergency room a lot.
He suffers from severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which sometimes leaves him unable to breathe. Often, he cannot pay the bills from his trips to the ER. A former truck driver, the 54-year-old Prineville man, no longer works and lives....
