Interview: Mother of 17yo Girl Who Died After Private Insurance Denied Claim for Liver Transplant

democracy1st

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Fri Sep-11-09 05:09 AM
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Interview: Mother of 17yo Girl Who Died After Private Insurance Denied Claim for Liver Transplant

We speak with Hilda Sarkisyan, the mother of Nataline Sarkisyan, who died two years ago at the age of seventeen after the insurance giant CIGNA denied her claim for a liver transplant. �We need a better change in this country, and I�m willing to help the President to do that�I want to meet him. I want him to feel how it feels not to have a daughter. He has two girls; he should know,� says Hilda Sarkisyan. �If we don�t stop this now, every family is going to have my story in their family.�

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corpseratemedia

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Fri Sep-11-09 05:23 AM
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1. how can one make that decision to deny care like this and then live with yourself?

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City Lights

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Fri Sep-11-09 06:50 AM
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4. No conscience. nt

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zbdent

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Fri Sep-11-09 06:37 AM
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2. There's your death panels ...

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sendero

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Fri Sep-11-09 06:39 AM
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3. Exactly..

Edited on Fri Sep-11-09 06:39 AM by sendero

... but I have yet to hear one prominent Dem come out and say it : we ALREADY have DEATH PANELS and we ALREADY have RATIONING.

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fasttense

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Fri Sep-11-09 07:18 AM
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5. CIGNA should be tried for murder.

If I caused my neighbor to die, even if it was accidental, I would be up on charges. So should CIGNA.

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