AGENT ORANGE VICTIM LOSES HEALTH COVERAGE OVER 2-CENT SHORTFALL: A Vietnam veteran suffering from bone cancer attributed to exposure to Agent Orange has been removed from her health insurance for a deficit of two percent on a superior payment, just to have the policy reinstated when the the story became public.Flanagan Ronald Thornton, Colo., Told he ne'er accepted an admonitory from Ceridian Cobra Services that its coverage was cut, and only found when he came to the hospital for a biopsy for agent orange.
"The nurses were all getting ready to do the biopsy when my wife jumped in the office and said, 'Stop. We do not have insurance, "said Flanagan ABC 7 in Denver.
His wife, Frances, had been informed that, due to a shell on their premium payments in November, their insurance was canceled.
The Flanagans said the insurer has done little to inform their coverage was about to be canceled. Their statement follows from the list the defective payment in November, but did not warn them that their insurance was canceled. Their premium payment was accepted in December, they say.
"They never made a letter saying what might happen. They never made a phone call. To me, they are looking for a way to get around," said Ronald Flanagan.
Later sending a letter to ABC in Denver Tuesday defended its decision to abandon the Flanagans, the company is quickly changing the view on Wednesday when officials of the insurer based in Florida have called the Flanagans in person to let them acknowledge their coverage had been reinstated.
