How Notorious Billionaire Leona Helmsley's Foundation Is Saving Lives in Rural America

How notorious billionaire Leona Helmsley's foundation is saving lives in rural America

"Your ZIP code should not determine your health outcomes," said Walter Panzirer, the Helmsley trustee who started the rural health program, "and yet for so many rural Americans, it does."

Billionaire trust aids rural health care

When Marcy Smith's oncologist told her she needed radiation treatment for breast cancer, her first response was no. She'd already had a lumpectomy and four rounds of chemotherapy. The radiation would require six weeks of treatment in Billings, Montana —…