14 September 2009

Health insurer's delay kills "Norma Rae"


Crystal Lee Sutton, the textile union organizer whose true life story inspired the film Norma Rae, is dead of cancer because her health insurer's death panel delayed 2 months before choosing to cover her treatment. But, hey, in the end, the company saved money. Yay, for-profit health insurance! The market solves everything!

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