Judge Ordered Insurance Company to Pay for Costly Stem-Cell Treatment
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled yesterday in favor of a stem-cell transplant for Terence Robb, 58, a retired Lancaster County teacher who sought to force his health plan to pay as much as $500,000 for the procedure.
Robb, who taught physical education in the Penn Manor School District, was seeking the transplant as treatment for his cancer, a form of T-cell lymphoma.
Judge Allan Tereshko’s ruling prevents HealthAmerica/HealthAssurance from denying Robb’s treatment.
August 10th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Can you refer me to other stem cell ressearch sites? Am looking for anyone doing any research with Marfans Syndrome. Thank you
August 10th, 2006 at 9:41 am
This is excellent news. Maybe the health insurance companies will get the message that the accountants are’nt going to be allowed to make medical decisions anymore.
Of course, I have no doubt that they will appeal and spend a million dollars just to make sure they don’t have to spend half of that.
August 10th, 2006 at 10:46 am
This is pretty much the only blog I know of that focusses on stem cell research.
We will try to cover Marfans syndrome related news too.