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Hellcare

Giulia Rozzi December 21, 2007 | 3:17 pm EST

The issues with health care never seem to end.

17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan died Thursday after a life-saving procedure was still under approval reviewby her health insurance company. Cigna Health Care, originally described the procedure as “too experimental” then later approved it just hours before Sarkisyan’s death.

The Sarkisyan family claims that Cigna first agreed to the liver transplant surgery and had secured a match weeks ago. After the teen, who was battling leukemia, received a bone marrow transplant from her brother, however, she suffered a lung infection, and the insurer backed away from what it felt had become too risky a procedure.

The family is considering filing a lawsuit against Cigna once Nataline Sarkisyan is laid to rest.

For an informative film on the state of US health care check out Michael Moore’s Sicko at http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/dvd/