Our effort to save her were heroic, yet Nataline Sarkisyan died tonight only hours after Kossacks helped to force CIGNA to pay for her liver transplant.
Original effort yesterdayand here
The Guardian notes:
The family of a California teenager plan to sue her health insurer which refused to pay for a liver transplant until hours before and she died on Thursday night.
Her family's lawyer, Mark Geragos, will ask the Los Angeles district attorney to press murder or manslaughter charges against Cigna HealthCare, arguing that the firm "maliciously killed" Nataline Sarkisyan by its reluctance to pay for her treatment. The company reversed its stance after protesters called for a rethink, but the decision came too late.
And MSNBC
Attorney Mark Geragos said he plans to ask the district attorney to press murder or manslaughter charges against Cigna HealthCare in the case. The insurer "maliciously killed her" because it did not want to bear the expense of her transplant and aftercare, Geragos said.
The Guardianand MSNBC
And sue they should. CIGNA killed the girl, plain and simple.
Nataline's death will not be in vain. Her death will thrust this wicked system into the national debate.
I ask everyone to please visit her page at Respectance and leave a brief message in her memory.