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Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured
By Seth Abramovitch
Sep 14, 2011 1:22 AM
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Back in 2008, Kent Snyder — Paul's former campaign chairman — died of complications from pneumonia. Like the man in Blitzer's example, the 49-year-old Snyder (pictured) was relatively young and seemingly healthy* when the illness struck. He was also uninsured. When he died on June 26, 2008, two weeks after Paul withdrew his first bid for the presidency, his hospital costs amounted to $400,000.

The Kansas City Star quoted his sister at the time as saying that a "a pre-existing condition made the premiums too expensive."