The Times - Patients are being left in pain and having operations delayed or denied because insurers are overruling consultants’ decisions on treatment. Policyholders with breast cancer, heart conditions, arthritis and knee problems are among those who have been unfairly denied procedures, The Times has found. Analysis of Financial Ombudsman Service reports shows that complaints about private medical insurers have risen sharply. Richard Packard, chairman of the Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations, estimates that hundreds of patients a year are denied recommended treatments…>>>
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