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Firm cancels health insurance coverage for girl, 17, after celiac disease diagnosis
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 18, 2009 10:19am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Jon Yates |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, September 17, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When 17-year-old Brianna Rice was diagnosed with celiac disease in February, she had health insurance.
She doesn't now.
In the months that followed her diagnosis, her insurance company, American Community Mutual Insurance, combed through her medical records and ruled that her parents lied on her application last year.
In May, American Community not only canceled her policy, but also rescinded coverage all the way back to the day it started -- Nov. 1.
After the teen's diagnosis in February, American Community reviewed her medical files and found reports of dizziness, elevated cholesterol levels, ongoing fatigue and a persistent cough.
Dale Rice said the insurance company cherry-picked from various doctors' visits, and that none of his daughter's health problems were ongoing. He attributed the dizziness to dehydration, the fatigue to his daughter staying up late surfing the Web, the elevated cholesterol to an inaccurate test, and said the cough is now gone. |
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