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When insurance wouldn't pay, parents funded cancer patient's $95,000 lifesaving treatment
Kate Weissman sits at the edge of the patient table. Her oncologist goes over her medical records and says her most recent scans show no recurrence of cervical cancer. "I am remarkably happy," says Dr. Whitfield Growdon, a surgical oncologist who specializes in personalized care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Weissman perks up and claps her hands. "Two years," she says. "We made it two years." "It's amazing," Growdon responds. "It really is."
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That is so scary, when a patient is fighting for her life, that she also has to deal with insurance companies who won't agree with the decisions of a trained oncologist. She's been paying insurance premiums exactly for the reason of getting life-saving treatment, after all.
It is. Why are they allowed to even do this? That's why we need single payer. People can still get insurance,but they have to realize insurance companies are not above doing dirty deeds like this for grins and giggles. This is what happens when foxes get to guard the henhouse.