Steve GannNation's Largest Insurer Drops Coverage For Mom With Cancer
April 13th 2010 01:18
A mother of a three year old who had been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for six months has lost her health insurance.
Diana Smith was in remission and had a donor for a transplant; being in remission is a major prerequisite for the transplant.
So what health insurance company cut off her insurance when she needed it most? The U.S. Government.
What's worse it was the governmeny's mistake that she lost the benefits as they increased her son's disability payments.
In March the Social Security Administration contacted her,without her soliciting it, and told her that her three year-old son was entitled to receive Social Security disability payments. Even though she didn't ask for it, she signed the form and received her son's first check check.
In April, Medicaid canceled her universal health care policy because her income level had risen with her son's payments – making her ineligible for the insurance program.
Even though Smith offered to cancel her son's disability benefits, she was told it's too late.
"She's gone through six months worth of radiation and chemo, her body can't take anymore. If they don't allow her to have this transplant coming up right now next week, they're in effect signing her death warrant," said her friend Tom Noonan.
"I want to live to see my son grow up and get on with my life,"
I'm hopeful with all of the press that this story is getting someone at Medicaid will correct this awful mistake.
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