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California Sent a Mentally Ill Man to a State Hospital. Then It Charged Him $760,000

The first bill arrived in Sultan Khan’s mailbox two years after his release from Napa State Hospital. Khan had received psychiatric tr...

California Sent a Mentally Ill Man to a State Hospital. Then It Charged Him $760,000

The first bill arrived in Sultan Khan’s mailbox two years after his release from Napa State Hospital. Khan had received psychiatric tr...

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