New Brunswick man disputes province’s refusal to pay for out-of-country surgery

What stared as a pop in the back has led to a painful saga for one New Brunswick man. He fought to get a diagnosis, and then to find a surgeon willing to operate. As Anna Mandin reports, he eventually went to the United States for treatment at a heavy cost.

• ‘Angry, gaslit’: New Brunswick man to appeal province’s refusal to cover U.S. surgery