After CIGNA Health Insurance allegedly flip flopped on it’s decision to pay for 17-year old Nataline Sarkisyan’s liver transplant, the Los Angeles teenagers family says it will sue the company.
Attorney Mark Geragos said he also plans to ask the L.A. district attorney to press
murder or manslaughter charges against CIGNA.
Accordingto the Associated Press, Geragos says the insurer “maliciously killed her” because it did not want to bear the expense of her transplant and aftercare.
Sarkisyan died Thursday after battling leukemia.
Hopefully the family is successful in its lawsuit, as this is just another reason this country needs healthcare reform. It’s been documented that President Nixon KNEW about the real workings of HMO’s which pay for check-up’s and preventative medicine, but also MAKE A LOT of money by NOT paying doctors and for surgeries. HMO Executives have climbed the corporate ladder by turning patients down for expensive surgeries. I’m not sure a universal government run healthcare system is the answer, as anything the government gets it’s hands on will run on the cheap. People will also be upset that they have to pay higher taxes, and we may loose doctors as they will go to other countries that pay more. Let’s hope whoever gets into the White House in 2008 comes up with a solution, so that young people like Natalie don’t have to pay the price of a flawed system.
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