Teen Lorelei Decker, Cancer Patient, Gets Insurance To Approve Transplant Through Twitter

[pstokely]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/health/teen-lorelei-decker-cancer-patient-gets-insurance-approve-transplant-through-twitter

"While she fully expected to be able to receive the transplant without any large financial issues, Blue Cross Blue Shield changed everything when they said her transplant surgery was “not medically necessary” and refused to pay for it.

She then wrote on Twitter about the incident, and it soon became a trending topic across her home state of Oklahoma.

Her mother also joined the fight and tweeted about it as well as re-tweeting hundreds of messages from people wishing her well.

“All hell’s about to break loose,” mother Andrea Decker said on Twitter. “BCBS DENIED Lorelei’s transplant. No words for how angry I am. I guess it’s cheaper to let her die.”

Lorelei then added, “Blue Cross Blue Shield denied my application for coverage of my transplant. They think it isn’t medically necessary. My family is irate...my life depends on this.”

The Deckers started a hashtag #ApproveLorelei so Twitter users could get the attention of the insurance company.

It only took a day for the company to reverse their decision and approve her cancer treatment."

and how many other people will they deny for the less social media aware?

[Live and Learn]

1. Makes me sick.

We have reduced even kids to begging for healthcare. Glad she got her treatment but disgusted by what it took to get it.

[pstokely]

2. and it won't be the last

nt