Judge Grants Judgment In ERISA Health Insurance Proton Beam Therapy Action

Mealey's ( January 29, 2018, 2:35 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man undertook proton beam therapy treatment for his prostate cancer knowing that his insurer declined coverage, and nothing in the record suggests that the insurer erred in reaching that decision, a federal judge in Alabama held in granting judgment on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim Jan. 26 (Jeffrey Woodruff v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, et al., No. 16-281, N.D. Ala., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13014)....

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