Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
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Overcoming this type of abuse is utterly impossible for the average person, as the patient himself acknowledges.
Yeah, the article even describes it as a Goliath vs Goliath story. Good for him I guess, but the rest of us are still fucked. My wife has skin cancer and her dermatologist recommended some tests to see if there were better treatments available and if our kids would be at a higher risk. The insurance denied it. Yay America?
Top trial lawyers with personal doctors who are willing to invest tons of their own time into your case. Personal doctors who also happen to be experts on the technology in question.
Overcoming this type of abuse is utterly impossible for the average person, as the patient himself acknowledges.
Yeah, the article even describes it as a Goliath vs Goliath story. Good for him I guess, but the rest of us are still fucked. My wife has skin cancer and her dermatologist recommended some tests to see if there were better treatments available and if our kids would be at a higher risk. The insurance denied it. Yay America?