I think this article is a bit misleading. Apparently the surgery to remove the tumor was covered.
St. Jude requested use and reimbursement for an experimental drug. St. Jude is a free hospital because they do research on the patients. The insurance company denied the experimental drug, which St. Jude provided at no cost, but it doesn’t say they denied the other non-experimental drugs. And it’s unclear if they denied the 6 day inpatient care itself, but again, that is something St. Jude provides gratis.
There’s no out-of-pocket to the parents, so what’s the problem?
Its not really about the truth. Its about selling newspapers, selling ad time on networks and getting clicks. We could say the truth is out there, but we aren’t ever going to run into it.