HEALTH INSURANCE CASUALTY OF THE DAY: Nick Colombo
Health Insurance Casualty of the Day: Nick Colombo - Placentia, CA - 09/02/08
Posted by Colette Washing... on September 2, 2008 - 5:18pm17-year-old Fights for Cancer Care from His Insurer
"Our insurance company, PacifiCare, denied my brother Nick approval to go to Kansas City for a special treatment of radiation for his cancer (this could save his life). Nick has suffered with cancer for four years of his life, and he has exhausted every avenue to get better, but nothing worked. This is our last effort and this procedure has worked before with people in Nick's situation," said Ricky Colombo, Nick's older brother, of Placentia, Calif.
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