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T. Christian Miller (ProPublica)

Public Health

How two New Orleans surgeons challenged an insurance giant’s reluctance to cover patients’ bills

T. Christian Miller (ProPublica)

Blue Cross Louisiana OK’d mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital’s full bills. For some claims, it paid nothing.