and after failing to come in for the bloodwork, he failed to do so for several months. without treatment washington became sicker and sicker, ending up in the intensive care unit with a collapsed lung. the doctor said i had zero immunity, none. so that s terrifying. when you were in that intensive care unit, did you fear death? yes. very much so, every day and every night. now a jury is supposed to sort out the facts. one of the things to consider, can a doctor in an insurance company make a decision about a patient without looking at his medical record? inuma didn t respond to numerous phone calls from cnn. in a deposition he said he relied on the nurses who did read the records. inuma said his tenure ended in 2015. they say insurance companies don t take the time to make