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165197http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q1412/25/2007 4:59:13 PM2007-12-25T16:59:13+01:00164721http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q13« tragluk : I don't like the insurance companies either but there are some more facts in this case that are buried.

Fact 1: Cigna didn't take her off life support and say "She's in Gods hands." Her parents did.

Fact 2: Cigna APPROVED the procedure until the girl got sick with a lung complication.

Fact 3: The Doctors had a liver they could have given her, the Doctors (hospital) had the expertise. The HOSPITAL didn't do it until Cigna said that they'd pony up the money.

Parents Fault? Hospital's Fault? Nooo.. Can't be the grieving (and litigous) parents. Can't be the doctor who is going out and playing golf this Friday after waiting on someone to foot the bill before he'd operate. Nope. Has to be the 'faceless' people with the money that is at fault.

I don't like health insurer's, but for every operation that they don't approve that's money for another operation that they can. Only so much money is there and if they approve 10 million dollar operations for 90 year old people who are probably going to die anyways, where is the 1 million dollar operation for a 2 year old? It's a horrid job but a final line needs to be drawn when there are only so many funds and too many people asking for them.

In the end, my personal blame is on the hospital. How can they sit there with a patient in their room, a liver from a donar, and simply say 'No. Your insurance hasn't approved the check yet, you're gonna die.'I agree. Let's not even mention the people who could be spared hospitalizations, disability and injuries if we only provided prevention, not after-the-fact treatment.]]>12/24/2007 12:09:31 AM2007-12-24T00:09:31+01:00164350http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q12« Bornbad : I've been following this story for weeks. If she had lived only one more day that would have made it worthwhile. We spend billions on war against the "Axis of Evil". Why not spend a few dollars on our own?Watch yourself. Under the current administration, this is a traitorous statement. Money is God, we are an "attractive nuisance"]]>12/22/2007 10:21:20 PM2007-12-22T22:21:20+01:00164155http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q1112/21/2007 9:17:45 PM2007-12-21T21:17:45+01:00164102http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q10
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure they could have kept her alive for 6 months without the machines, too.]]>12/21/2007 8:06:56 PM2007-12-21T20:06:56+01:00164097http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q9bet your ass the chips would have fallen differently.

I hope whomever is at the root of this bullsh*t has nightmares about her every night for the rest of their life.]]>12/21/2007 8:00:19 PM2007-12-21T20:00:19+01:00164057http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q812/21/2007 7:08:53 PM2007-12-21T19:08:53+01:00164039http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q7
Fact 1: Cigna didn't take her off life support and say "She's in Gods hands." Her parents did.

Fact 2: Cigna APPROVED the procedure until the girl got sick with a lung complication.

Fact 3: The Doctors had a liver they could have given her, the Doctors (hospital) had the expertise. The HOSPITAL didn't do it until Cigna said that they'd pony up the money.

Parents Fault? Hospital's Fault? Nooo.. Can't be the grieving (and litigous) parents. Can't be the doctor who is going out and playing golf this Friday after waiting on someone to foot the bill before he'd operate. Nope. Has to be the 'faceless' people with the money that is at fault.

I don't like health insurer's, but for every operation that they don't approve that's money for another operation that they can. Only so much money is there and if they approve 10 million dollar operations for 90 year old people who are probably going to die anyways, where is the 1 million dollar operation for a 2 year old? It's a horrid job but a final line needs to be drawn when there are only so many funds and too many people asking for them.

In the end, my personal blame is on the hospital. How can they sit there with a patient in their room, a liver from a donar, and simply say 'No. Your insurance hasn't approved the check yet, you're gonna die.']]>12/21/2007 6:32:29 PM2007-12-21T18:32:29+01:00164033http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q6http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/12/0BHA.html

Last year his bonus was $3 million. His total compensation for the 2006 was $28.82 million. I wonder how much denying this girl will bump his bonus up this year.]]>12/21/2007 6:23:33 PM2007-12-21T18:23:33+01:00164025http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q5Condolences for her grieving family members.
Maybe they will find comfort knowing that this case will change the status quo (as I hope it will.)]]>12/21/2007 6:07:01 PM2007-12-21T18:07:01+01:00164010http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q412/21/2007 5:23:58 PM2007-12-21T17:23:58+01:00164003http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q312/21/2007 5:11:08 PM2007-12-21T17:11:08+01:00163904http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45007/1/xml_widget.rss#q212/21/2007 3:08:18 PM2007-12-21T15:08:18+01:00