This is the tragic story of a girl named Nataline Sarkisyan who was denied a liver transplant and allowed to die, even though her insurance company CIGNA had committed to the precedure prior to her developing a lung infection. As a result, the family has now hired Mark Geragos to sue CIGNA for having "maliciously killed her."
If this moves you - and I have no doubt that it does unless you're inhuman or a Turk - then watch the movie Sicko. Nataline's life is just one example of the exploitation of patients by ruthless insurance companies for profit.
It doesn't have to be this way.
More details at ABC News
