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Georgia kidney patient denied transplant by Blue Cross Blue Shield for marijuana use

Georgia kidney patient denied transplant by Blue Cross Blue Shield for marijuana use

By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 6, 2009

We just received this letter at NORML. I’ll reserve my “American Disease Care and Health Insurance Bureaucracy Subsidation” rant for another time on my personal blog, but I will say that my wife used to be a claims manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield and the following story, while infuriating and tragic, is far from [...]

Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged Atlanta, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Georgia, health insurance, Help for Walter, kidney, transplant | 6 Responses

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