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.
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Insurers are using workarounds to avoid paying for treatments that could give patients their last chance at survival.
Forrest VanPatten was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, but his insurance company denied coverage for a clinically proven treatment.
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.
Forrest VanPatten was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, but his insurance company denied coverage for a clinically proven treatment.
Forrest VanPatten was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, but his insurance company denied coverage for a clinically proven treatment.