Priority Health Denied His Last Hope, CAR-T Cancer Treatment — ProPublica

A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.

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