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CIGNA Faces "Legal Nightmare" Over Death by Denial [VIDEO]

By Adam Howard, AlterNet
Posted on December 27, 2007, Printed on November 24, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/www.alternet.org/71729/

If you have not already heard about the case of Nataline Sarkisyan, you must check out this video. Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old in need of a liver transplant was denied assistance by CIGNA who deemed her routine surgery "experimental". Even though CIGNA eventually reversed their decision, it was way too late and Sarkisyan died. Now her family is fighting back. Check out the video to your right for more.

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.

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