The Crime against Nataline Sarkisyan
March 12th, 2010
ONLY YOU! CAN STOP THIS TRAGEDY FROM REPEATING ITSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN. CALL YOUR SENATOR,TELL HER/HIM SUPPORT HEALTH CARE REFORM!
A seventeen year old woman, named Nataline Sarkisyan was scheduled by her doctors to receive a liver transplant. But the families insurer corporate giant, Cigna denied the claim.
Her mother, Hilda, took the matter public by going to the news media. And she, lamented with a broken heart and in tears. Scolding Cigna, and the health care industry, those conglomerates of profits and death. Saying, “The insurance company can’t decide who’s going to live and who’s going to die. Only doctors and nurses, thank you.” This resulted in a massive protest led by the California Nurses Association. Finally, Cigna relented, and granted coverage for her liver transplant. But it was to late because within two hours, Nataline died.
Her death was a criminal offense committed by Cigna. Which is no different from some well intentioned person being successfully punished for a DUI homicide. And likewise should all the Cigna executives responsible for her death. But it’ll never happen because they are allowed to commit such homicides because they are protected by congressional lawmakers and our federal courts. So, that makes the government complicit in Nataline’s death. And those kinds of tragedies will go on until enuf Americans say enuf. And, work collectively together to force the necessary change.
And now is the right opportunity to demand change. As key Democrats, struggle to get 51 senators to sign on to pass a senate reconciliation bill. Which will create a public option for thousands, who no doubt will follow Nataline’s fate without it.
So, pick up that phone, and call your Senator. Either thank them for their support, or demand that they get on board. No doubt, many lives will continue to be at risk without a public option.
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