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The lawsuit states the girl, who was 12 years old at the time of the procedure, was scheduled for a T4-L4 posterior spinal fusion procedure to correct her neuromuscular scoliosis in May 2021.
One of the plaintiffs, Binah Gordon, a 42-year-old Nebraska resident, spent about $35,000 out-of-pocket on facial surgery after Aetna refused to cover it. The delays caused her distress and ...
Three transgender women are suing Aetna, alleging that the health insurance company has for years unlawfully denied their claims for facial feminization surgery. According to a press release from ...
The suit, filed June 16 in New York's Eastern District in Brooklyn on behalf of two insurance providers, details a ...
A federal court has dismissed a would-be class action lawsuit accusing health insurer Aetna of wrongly docking the settlements and jury verdicts of medical malpractice victims. Francis McWilliams ...
A federal racketeering case is being brought against physicians and medical providers for allegedly performing unwarranted ...
Aetna settles 239-person class suit over spine surgery coverage. Aetna Life Insurance reached a settlement to resolve a 239-person class action lawsuit over its coverage of lumbar artificial disc ...
The suits claim Aetna routinely ... slapped with 21 lawsuits over the course of a week in a New Jersey federal court accusing it of failing to fund reconstructive surgery for ...
The suit, over alleged complications arising during spinal surgery, was filed on behalf of Christopher Lawrence by Kennedy Johnson Schwab & Roberge. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants.
According to the lawsuit, three of the screws went directly into Swanson’s spinal nerves. After the surgery, Swanson said she woke up with severe pain, according to the suit, and x-ray images of ...
The lawsuit states the girl, who was 12 years old at the time of the procedure, was scheduled for a T4-L4 posterior spinal fusion procedure to correct her neuromuscular scoliosis in May 2021.
As them notes, Aetna’s policy on coverage for gender-affirming surgeries can be found on its website. Its Clinical Policy Bulletin on Gender Affirming Surgery lists 10 “Facial Gender Affirming ...