Cigna Denies Breast Cancer Survivor Disability Benefits
A Good Morning America (GMA) episode has caused some commotion within the disability insurance industry. GMA recently aired the story of a breast cancer survivor, Susan Kristoff, who was wrongfully denied disability benefits by Cigna Group Insurance, her disability insurance company. Even though Susan was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer by her doctor, who also said she could no longer work, Cigna refused to honor Susan’s disability claim. The GMA story tells how Susan went from battling breast cancer to battling her disability insurance company for her disability benefits.
After the episode aired, GMA began receiving numerous e-mails from disabled people across the country that were also unfairly denied disability benefits by Cigna and other disability insurance companies. The stories are eye-opening. One disability insurance lawyer in the article said the numerous e-mails was more evidence of disability insurers’ bad faith in administering claims: “The insurance companies know if they deny and deny claims that many of the claimants will never pursue their claims.”
More details from the story can be found here: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5257491&page=1#.T_tOGfWmqZR
