Reel News Real People - Stacey Samuel » Blog http://www.reelnewsrealpeople.com Reporting on Reel News & Real People Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Family Fighting Health Insurance Company http://www.reelnewsrealpeople.com/2009/11/this-is-another-test-blog/ http://www.reelnewsrealpeople.com/2009/11/this-is-another-test-blog/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:28:12 +0000 ssamuel http://www.reelnewsrealpeople.com/?p=99 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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