CIGNA, the insurance company that provides the Republican National Committee (RNC) with its insurance policy denied the claims of a six year old girl requiring ear implants.
thinkprogress reports “Madison Leuchtmann of Franklin County, MO was born with bilateral atresia (she lacks ear canals in both ears). In order to hear, she wears a special device on a headband that allows her to make out sounds.”
“Due to her growth she will soon require a new hearing implant to be able to recognize sounds. Her hearing and speech therapist warns that “if she doesn’t get her implants by age seven, she’s not going to be able to blend her words. … She won’t be able to hear herself [talk].” Madison’s pediatrician, Dr. Randall Clary, also insists that without the implant, the girl may never be able to hear again.”
“Cigna, has issued “one denial after another,” flatly refusing to cover the $20,000 bill for the implant.”
“Dr. Clary also told Fox 2 that he ..continue reading
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All summer long we had to listen to Republicans led by dimwit Palin trying to convince seniors that health care reform will include “death panels”, the right of the government to decide who lives and who dies.
Although disproved by every fact checking organization and found to be a lie by every intelligent person out there, the right wingers persisted in spreading this lunacy. This week Sarah Palin again claimed that this is part of health care reform on her twitter page.
This morning thinprogress reports that the same company that insures the RNC and the one that provided abortion coverage to them since 1991 (which they supposedly opted out of yesterday) also includes coverage for “end of life counseling” services, what the Republicans have mutated into “death panels”.
It is not clear if the RNC policy includes this option but CIGNA does provide it to its policy holders. thinkprogess states that CIGNA ..continue reading
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Last week Wendell Potter testified before a Congressional committee that as a vice president for CIGNA he witnessed first hand that the insurance company attempted to purge any company that had substantial claims.
He stated that as soon as a company came up for renewal CIGNA would increase the rates to the point where most companies could not afford them.
He also witnessed denial of claims and coverage sometimes in life and death situations. He finally decided to quit his position in 2007 when a California family begged the company to provide the coverage for a liver transplant for their 17 year old daughter. CIGNA first denied the claim and then reversed its decision but it came too late. The daughter died just hours after the reversal.
He was also witness to continued efforts by the Insurance industry to kill health care reform under the Clinton administration.
It is time for a change. These ..continue reading
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