Insurer revoked leukemia patient’s coverage because it claimed she underpaid her premium by a penny

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One of the worst abuses of the private health insurance industry is the practice of denying claims to pay for necessary care or revoking the coverage of policyholders for frivolous reasons.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a leukemia patient — a single mother of two teenage boys — had her coverage revoked after her penny-pinching insurance company, Discover Benefits, claimed that she had underpaid her premium.

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"And they say a penny is not worth anything. In this case a penny maye have been worth a person's life! Of course, the other side of the coin, a person's life is worth only a penny?" - Chimp

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