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Shortly after Christmas, Sharon gets a terrifying call. A stranger tells her the pelvic mesh inside her body has been recalled. It's a “ticking time bomb," and she needs emergency surgery to remove it. So Sharon flies to Florida. What she’s walking into is a scam embedded in America’s mass tort machine: stolen medical data, a call center, and huge profits powered by the pain of women like Sharon.
To learn more about this story:
- Book: The Pain Brokers, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Atria/One Signal, 2026
- Article: How Profiteers Lure Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery, New York Times, 2018
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