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Insurance Companies Flout State Laws Made to Safeguard Cancer Treatment Access

Insurers are using workarounds to avoid paying for treatments that could give patients their last chance at survival.

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How an insurer abandoned a cancer patient in his most critical hour

Forrest VanPatten was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, but his insurance company denied coverage for a clinically proven treatment.

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Priority Health Denied His Last Hope, CAR-T Cancer Treatment — ProPublica

A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.

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How an insurer abandoned a cancer patient in his most critical hour

Forrest VanPatten was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, but his insurance company denied coverage for a clinically proven treatment.

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Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him This Is How They Did It

Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him This Is How They Did It
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