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
10 comments:
What a bigoted thing to say. "...unless you're inhuman or a Turk."
As a human, I am very sad to hear such an awful story. As an Armenian, I am sad to hear of a young compatriot who has departed life early. As an educated person, I am sad for Rhyne that she in this time of sorrow can still find a way connect death to being Turkish. At this time of year, isn't it time we begin to find a way to open dialogue so that our future generations can have more opportunity for a better life instead of living in the walled off country that we currently call Armenia?
Calm down. The Turkish part was tongue-in-cheek. You guys are pretty reactionary.
As for you, Henry: Turks aren't looking for dialogue and that has been tried before. Besides, Armenia is hardly a walled-off country. That sounds like something a Turk might say...
This insurance company should pay freakin million of dollars to the family. Those bastards are robots they don't care about people that can't afford surgeries.
Wow! Inch es asum? Have you lived in Armenia Rhyne? If you tell me you lived like the Westerners in your ivory tower in the Kentron of Yerevan, you have not lived in Armenia. How much barikam do you have in Armenia? Do you even speak Armenian? As you see, you have made me angry.
How dare you call me a Turk? Dialogue means opening diplomatic relations. Then we begin to allow trade. Why you ask? I suspect you are unaware that outside of Russia there is little investment in Armenia. The Russians are stealing us blind. If there is an open boarder and we can trade with the Middle East then we can use our human capital to increase the quality of life in Armenia.
Sadly, it is ignorant compatriots such as yourself who rather call a countryman a Turk than hold their tongue and realise we have a whole new generation that is quickly falling into greater poverty why the Western Diaspora complain about the Genocide.
Rhyne, I lost family 90 years ago. I have my family bible. I have lived in 3 countries because of it. Now, as I move between Armenia and the west, I realise that business is the only way to solve our problems.
Why do you not help a bit by changing your tone and looking at the bigger picture and in the future be careful who you call at Turk because I am willing to bet that I have barikam that knows your barikam and you would not want to have to explain to them why you call a success compatriot a Turk.
so sad! i hope she will survive.
Henry, take your rage elsewhere. I will never agree to any sort of a relationship with Turkey until the Genocide issue has been squared away.
Armenia has plenty of investments coming in from the United States and other countries and the only reason why it appears that state assets are sold off in a sort of "thievery" to countries like Russia is because the elite in power don't care to preserve them. The state is to blame for not encouraging more investments due to corruption and in general a bad atmosphere for business. If you think opening up relations with Turkey will immediately make a noticeable economical impact on Armenia or individual Armenians living in villages or otherwise poor areas then you are more clueless than I thought.
And for your information I am more Armenian than you'll ever be. I grew up in Yerevan, I speak the language, I read, write, and Armenia will always be my home. And for that very reason I am not willing to be a coward and give in to misguided short term economical demands and in essence sell out my ancestors who died 92 years ago.
Understand?
just felt this might shed some light on Turkish attitude toward Armenian relations of any sort. Not any new news though, it happened when I was still in high school.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E4DF103BF93AA1575BC0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
Turkey won't open relations without THEIR own precondition and even if they did, look at how they react when forced into a position they don't like much, i.e., reaction to the Genocide Bill. Its hard to believe that Armenian economic stability relies so heavily and solely on an unstable/ unreliable/ malicious partner.
And without unity in the cause of Genocide recognition, the diaspora would have fallen apart a long time ago with the amount of elitism between Armenians . . . .its fuckin moronic.
umm, if anyone wanted to read that article, apparently u have to highlight the white area below where the url got cut off, it still works tho.
If anyone here think tat normal dialog is possible with a brainwashed Turk that constitutes about 90% of their entire population is out of their mind.
I challenge you to go on any discussion forum and try and communicate. Good luck. I tried for 3 years. It's insane to say but these people live next door but somehow on a different fucking planet.
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