Court Says Insurance Company Must Pay For Boy's Breast Reduction Surgery

[matcom]

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NEW YORK -- An appeals court in New York said an insurance company must help pay for a teenage boy's breast reduction surgery.

Group Health Inc. had refused to pay for the procedure, saying it was cosmetic and not medically necessary.

But the boy's father said his 17-year-old son was teased by peers and even feared going away to college because he thought his dorm-mates would poke fun at him.

GHI lost the case in state Supreme Court and again in the appellate division. The judges called the teen's breasts a deformity and a "devastating condition with 'psychosocial' consequences."

The boy's father paid $7,500 for the surgery. He will get back $5,000 from the insurance company.

http://www.wftv.com/health/11518282/detail.html

[zanne]

Good for him!

That must be a horrendous thing to go through. It's both a physical and a mental health issue. I'm glad the kid got help.

[zanne]

1. self delete. dupe

[ThomCat]

2. Good. Insurance companies need to get their asses kicked

more often. x(

[crim son]

3. If that's the case, then insurance should pay for my augmentation surgery.

Being a woman with small breasts is a devastating condition with psychosocial consequences. I'm calling Anthem right now.

[Parche]

4. Reduction

I hope he doesnt 'Pass Away' on the operating table, he would be 'Tits Up'