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
to pay. it called that drug experimental and cited the lack of fda 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 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
it called that drug experimental and cited the lack of fda 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 birth
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
the van nockers appealed that denial. that appeal was denied again. they appealed it a second time. this time paul actually went to health america, pled his case, health america sent the file out to an independent, outside reviewer. the committee heard from kyler s doctor. they got a report back from their outside reviewer, and their outside reviewer actually said there was medical literature to support the use of this treatment for a patient like kyler in kyler s condition with his prognosis. the committee then denied it again, sent a letter to the van nockers saying, you know what, we ve denied it again and our decision this time is final and the only thing you can do is file a lawsuit. that s what we did. paul, if you had any time during all of this to follow this health care debate at all, what did you think when you heard people were criticizing the prospects of health care