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Two HMOs denied my husband options for radiation and chemotherapy

Sacramento, Ca
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

My late husband was diagnosed in July of 2005 with a brain tumor. He had double coverage of two major health care systems: one through his retirement from his past job and another through my insurance. When he was diagnosed with his glioblastoma at the age of 60, both HMOs denied him options for radiation and chemotherapy. Both systems told my late husband, Bob, if he were 40 years old they would provide these accepted treatment options for glioblastomas but they denied him of these options because he was 60 years old. He had been in PERFECT health all of his life. This was his first problem besides a sprained ankle. He died 6 months later. Cheryl Scott, bereaving wife

Submitted on June 13, 2007 - 4:04pm.
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