http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20071225_Questions_over_role_of_insurer.htmlQuestions over role of insurer
Cigna Corp.'s initial refusal to pay for a teen's liver transplant has sparked protests.
By Stacey Burling
Inquirer Staff Writer
The much-publicized death of a 17-year-old California girl has put her insurance company, Philadelphia's Cigna Corp., in the national spotlight and again raised questions about the role insurers play in deciding the medical care Americans receive.
Nataline Sarkisyan died last week, less than an hour after Cigna reversed its decision and approved coverage for a liver transplant. Mark Geragos, her family's attorney, blames the insurance company for her death and plans to sue.
For its part, Cigna said yesterday that two independent experts had concluded that a transplant in this case "would not have been an effective or appropriate treatment."
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Good pic of the kid as well...
On this National Holiday, imagine all those picking up their papers having spent an inordinate amount of time preoccupied with getting their kids gifts and lavishing whatever that particular family can lavish upon the young, and seeing that CIGNA condemned that child to certain death.
My opinion,m FWIW, is that CIGNA 'finally' approved the transplant when someone from the inside said that the kid was a goner no matter what. Wouldn't surprise me in the least...