let s turn to ronnie polanesky, the columnist for the philadelphia daily news who first brought the story to light and chronicled this family s plight over three years. thanks for your time tonight. thank you for having me. you have spoken to kyler s parents since this happened. how are they doing? well, i think as any parents who have children who are sick as kyler was he had many setbacks along the way and he would always rebound. you know, he always, always came back and each time he got really sick his parents would always say if we could just have one more day. just give us one more day. so for three years he had three years of one more day and when i spoke with paul on sunday he sounded, you know, as you can imagine very tired but i think they re stunned that sunday was the last day. so it s a pretty a very difficult time for them. they are incredibly strong people. they ve got wonderful family and support so i think that they do feel they re being carried through this.
i work hard. i have health coverage. kyler actually has two health insurances covering him. this is about insurance companies making decisions instead of the doctors. the van nockers turned to medicaid of new jersey to pay for part of their son s latest treatment. the children s hospital of philadelphia forgave the rest of the cost. the lawsuit was dropped and health america was off the hook. this sunday surrounded by his family three months before his sixth birthday kyler van nocker succumbed to complications of the cancer he had fought so bravely for three years. let s turn to ronnie polanesky, the columnist for the philadelphia daily news who first brought the story to light and chronicled this family s plight over three years. thanks for your time tonight. thank you for having me. you have spoken to kyler s parents since this happened. how are they doing? well, i think as any parents who have children who are sick as kyler was he had many setbacks along the way and he would
the columnist for the philadelphia daily news who first brought the story to light and chronicled this family s plight over three years. thanks for your time tonight. thank you for having me. you have spoken to kyler s parents since this happened. how are they doing? well, i think as any parents who have children who are sick as kyler was he had many setbacks along the way and he would always rebound. you know, he always, always came back and each time he got really sick his parents would always say if we could just have one more day. just give us one more day. so for three years he had three years of one more day and when i spoke with paul on sunday he sounded, you know, as you can imagine very tired but i think they re stunned that sunday was the last day. so it s a pretty a very difficult time for them. they are incredibly strong people. they ve got wonderful family and support so i think that they do feel they re being carried through this. they were spectacular in bringi
approval even though that drug was considered standard care in europe. still doctors went forward with the treatment and for a time the 5-year-old got better. bankrupt, with no way to pay the bill, the boy s parents filed a lawsuit against health america in february hoping they could shame the insurance company into paying for their son s life saving treatment. that s when kyler s father paul appeared on this news hour. this is not about access to health coverage. i work hard. i have health coverage. kyler actually has two health insurances covering him. this is about insurance companies making decisions instead of the doctors. the van nockers turned to medicaid of new jersey to pay for part of their son s latest treatment. the children s hospital of philadelphia forgave the rest of the cost. the lawsuit was dropped and health america was off the hook. this sunday surrounded by his family three months before his sixth birthday kyler van nocker succumbed to complications of the canc