Comments on: Transplant Decision Too Late, Teen Dies

Insurer Initially Refused To Pay For Liver Transplant; Girl Dies After Procedure Approved

[nlm2383]

Everyone should see SiCKO by the way...That will open your eyes.

[nlm2383]

Her mother is right, they are to blame for her death. But you know they will take absolutely no responsibility. Even if they try to sue the company, they''ll still continue to say it was "experimental". So sad that she had to die so young... What do we pay insurance premiums for anyways? When you don''t have it, you need it and when you pay thousands of dollars for it, you never use it.

[luvny-2009]

Cigna is mine...wish I could dump them now but can''t!

[luvny-2009]

Universal Heath care! I have many friends in Canada and they have lived there for years and love their health care.

[rushman71]

Yep, that''s insurance coverage for ya. Can''t live without it. But the way things are going these days, you can''t even live with it. These companies are being run by crooks, out to steal your money.
My condolences go out to the family who have lost a beautiful young lady to this.

[incog-nito]

Health care in America is the greatest. Just make sure you don''t get seriously ill or involved an accident. Because if you do, your insurance company will find every possible excuse to delay, deny, or reduce your coverage. Then, they can choose to discontinue your coverage, even while you''re still requiring ongoing medical care. Or they can raise it so much that you can''t afford it and have to discontinue. And of course now that you are considered high risk or with a preexisting condition, insurance is now every expensive or impossible to get. The only way you might get coverage is through an employer, that is if you can still work, so you can forget about early retirement or self-employment. Of course you can apply for Medicare, but unless you''re old or very poor you probably can''t qualify. Then again Medicare is "socialism" anyway, and we Americans want the government out of the health care business, right? You can try declaring bankruptcy, but recent changes in the law make it harder to do so. So just suck it up America, you deserve the system you defend.