Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
Is this supposed to be a feel-good story of the little guy working within the system?
No. The story admits that early on. It’s yet another expose on how crooked the system is so that even one of the elite have to fight to get the treatment that their doctor recommends.
Is this supposed to be a feel-good story of the little guy working within the system?
It feels like a capitalist dystopia where health insurance will tell everyone else to go die in a ditch.
No. The story admits that early on. It’s yet another expose on how crooked the system is so that even one of the elite have to fight to get the treatment that their doctor recommends.