Pressure applied by the media encouraged the Hamilton’s health insurance company to hear their plea on behalf of their daughter’s healthcare, via telephone conference. However, when AvMed learned that I was sitting in on the hearing (with a camera rolling) they cancelled. (It must be noted that the rules they sent the Hamilton’s on the procedures of the hearing never barred media presence; and when I agreed to leave the room, they still refused to proceed with the hearing.)

After a second hearing, AvMed again denied the Hamilton’s the money to pay for craniosacral therapy for Mariah. However, following the broadcast of this third follow up story, a local doctor trained in the therapy offered his services to Mariah for free. And to assist with their mounting medical bills, another viewer offered to assist the Hamilton’s with a grant application that would cover Mariah because she is under 16 years of age.

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