Insurance Companies Flout State Laws Made to Safeguard Cancer Treatment Access
Insurers are using workarounds to avoid paying for treatments that could give patients their last chance at survival.
Source: truthout.org
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Insurers are using workarounds to avoid paying for treatments that could give patients their last chance at survival.
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.