Mark DeSaulnier: “I mean, just think about that. This is America, this is United States of America, and I am convinced that we are better…”

It has been my privilege in the three decades or more that I have been in elected office, starting with city council to become friends and part of the disability community.

The denial would eventually be reversed, but the decision came almost a month after Kyree's death.

When ERISA was enacted in 1974, Congress made its intent clear. The law's primary purpose is to 'protect the interest of participants in employee benefit plans, and their beneficiaries.'

Unfortunately, there has been a very aggressive attempt... by some health plans to just blanketly deny medical claims.