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Patient dies by suicide after insurer delays medication
Original: Patient died by suicide after insurance delayed medication: report
Kenney Blewett died by suicide after his insurance company delayed coverage of a medication his doctors believed could help him, according to a report by The Independent. His wife said he had been hopeful the drug would work, telling the paper: 'I wish we had the chance to find out.' The case has drawn attention to insurance approval practices and their consequences for patients awaiting treatment.
Why now: Concerns about insurance companies delaying access to prescribed medication, with deadly consequences, have struck a public nerve.
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- Patient died by suicide after insurance delayed medication: report · The Independent
Kenney Blewett’s wife said her husband was hopeful the medication would work but said, ‘I wish we had the chance to find out’
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