Obama got the ending wrong

One of the anecdotes used by President Obama last night to demonize the insurance industry was the story of Mr. Otto Raddatz. What Obama said:

One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn't reported gallstones that he didn't even know about. They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.

Sweetness & Light has learned that the sworn testimony of the man's sister tells a different story. It wasn't easy but the situation was rectified in time and the man received the transplant:

Ms. Raddatz: He did indeed receive the stem cell transplant. It was extremely successful. It extended his life approximately 3-1/2 years. He did pass away January 6, 2009, and he was about to have a second stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, due to certain situations, his donor became ill at the last minute and so he did pass away on January 6. But again, it extended his life nearly 3-1/2 years and at his age, each day meant everything to him…

How did this happen? Ms. Raddatz took the issue up with the Illinois Attorney General:

However, Mr. Raddatz’s lawyer sister contacted the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. They investigated and found that the doctor who did the CT scans could not remember whether he had ever told Mr. Raddatz about his findings.

Consequently, the insurance company overturned their original decision to rescind her brother’s coverage, and he was reinstated in the words of his sister, "without [any] lapse."

How fortunate for this family that they had recourse to challenge the insurance company's decisions. Would this be so under a government plan? Andy McCarthy has noted the following:

Tucked into several pages of this epic monstrosity (H.R. 3200 is here—if you can get it to load) are various “limitation on review” provisions. They are designed to vest President Obama with unilateral, non-appealable control over available treatments and their costs. That is, Americans will have no recourse to challenge errant or capricious executive-branch decisions in the courts.

Read on.

We'll never know how the story got changed. Let's give Obama the benefit of the doubt, in spite of the fact that he habitually demonizes his opponents.

h/t: Pundit

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