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    Starved for Adequate Care
    June 28, 2008
    "Anorexia nervosa struck Janell Smith, a teacher's assistant, when she was 23. The active young woman loved by her family and friends began to disappear, overtaken by a tyrannical inner voice that told her she was too fat to deserve to eat. Swallowing even one spoonful of food became a monumental act of will; just seeing calorie-rich mayonnaise on a sandwich was enough to send her into a panic. For three years, the disease assaulted her body, mind and spirit, shrinking her to a low of 63 pounds on a 5-foot-3 frame, while the effects of extreme starvation on Smith's brain made her incapable of thinking rationally."—Los Angeles Times
    http://www.latimes.com/

    Denied: Fighting For Health Insurance
    June 27, 2008
    "After a "Good Morning America" Gets Answers story in April about a breast cancer survivor's battle to get disability insurance benefits from Cigna Group Insurance, we received a flood of e-mails from viewers who were struggling with similar problems."—ABC News
    http://abcnews.go.com/

    Medical Care's State of Denial
    June 23, 2008
    "Doctors are supposed to prescribe tests and treatments that are medically necessary for their patients. Health insurers are expected to cover that care, while keeping inappropriate expenses in check.

    But what happens when that process breaks down and sick patients are left to fight for medical care?"—San Francisco Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/

    Insurer Must Pay for Boy's Treatment
    June 1, 2008
    "Parker Summers is a healthy, happy 9-year-old kid who loves science class and has developed an interest in mythology. He likes to swim and is driving his parents crazy with pleas for karate lessons.

    Six years ago last month, the Appleton boy was released from the hospital after a golf ball-size tumor was removed from his brain. He faced a long stint of high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue. His parents were shocked to find out that the treatment was not covered by their health insurance plan."—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    http://www.jsonline.com/

    Court Deal May Not Benefit Widower
    May 6, 2008
    "Wilmot 'Bill' Lewis has been trying for a year and a half to make someone pay for the tragic death of his wife, Ethel, who was struck and killed by a minivan as she retrieved the morning newspaper from a box across the street from her Buxton home."—Portland Press Herald
    http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/

    Surgery Denied
    May 1, 2008
    "At four hundred and ten pounds Scot Segars is desperately trying to lose weight. In fact over the last 6 months, he did lose one hundred pounds, but doctors say its not enough. They agree if he doesn't do something soon his weight could kill him."—WSPA News
    http://www.wspa.com/

    Supreme Court Weighs Insurer's Conflict of Interest in Claims Denials
    April 28, 2008

    "The Supreme Court struggled last week with how much weight to give an insurance company's potential conflict of interest when it denies an employee's health or disability benefits claim.

    The lawyer representing the Ohio woman who sued MetLife Inc. over a disability claim argued that insurance companies have a financial incentive to deny claims. That conflict of interest should weigh heavily in employees' favor when they challenge benefit claims in court, Joshua Rosenkranz said in court papers."—Insurance Journal
    http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/

    Jury Awards $3.6 Million Verdict to Marine
    April 9, 2008
    "A U.S. Marine captain serving his third tour of duty in Iraq has been awarded $3.6 million by a San Diego jury after his insurance company unreasonably denied his claim for water damage to his Oceanside, Calif., home, according to Shernoff Bidart Darras Echeverria, Lawyers for Insurance Policyholders."—Insurance Journal
    http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/

    Insurance Battle Goes On After Death
    March 26, 2008
    "Cyril Strezo never imagined he would have cancer.

    And the Frankfort man certainly never imagined that his battle for insurance coverage for chemotherapy drugs would inspire state legislation.

    Strezo died Sunday morning at the Joliet Area Community Hospice. He was 58."—The Herald News
    http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/