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‘Would he have lived?’ When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients

‘Would he have lived?’ When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients

Dec. 27, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC Angela Pike’s husband, Tracy, had just celebrated his 45th birthday when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer. A father of three and the maintenance chief of a Louisville, Kentucky, skyscraper, Pike immediately started chemotherapy, which reduced the size of the tumor his doctor had discovered. While continuing

Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

Dec. 22, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC ARDEN, N.C. — Rachel Kaplan was uninsured when she became pregnant last year. So her doctor suggested an alternative: a nonprofit called Sedera, which bills itself as a medical cost-sharing service. Sedera members pay monthly fees that get pooled together, and the organization can use the collected funds to reimburse