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Season 1Episode 141

Presenting An Arm and A Leg: The Insurance Warrior

Dec 16, 2021
23:44

Episode Description

Like Tradeoffs, An Arm and a Leg tells stories about our complicated health care system. Host Dan Weissmann tells the story of an engineer, who worked for Boeing for over 30 years. When he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, he needed surgery but his insurance denied the claim. That’s when his wife called Laurie Todd, the Insurance Warrior.


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