Posts Tagged ‘CIGNA’   Friday, December 21st, 2007  There isn’t
much more horrible than watching your child die. Reported in
today’s news is the case of 17-year old Nataline Sarkisyan. She
died after her health insurer, CIGNA, refused to approve a liver
transplant. Her doctors said the transplant was necessary to
treat her leukemia. CIGNA refused and then later relented after
protesters showed up outside CIGNA’s offices.  Here is the link.
We like to think that playing by the rules and providing for our
families will protect us and our loved ones. Here is a working
family that provided health insurance for itself. Given the
costs of coverage today, that is no small feat. And yet, hard
work and sacrifice and resources weren’t enough because greed
got in the way.  CIGNA refused to pay for the transplant because
“there was a lack of evidence” that it would be effective. But
her doctors concluded it was necessary.  As a kid, I grew up
reading Mad Magazine, and one of my favorite features was
something called, “W