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California | Health, Housing, and Public Services | Labor & WorkersLife Denied: Nurses, Family of Sick Teen March on Health Insurance Company Tuesday
Monday, March 24, 2008 : 17- year-old boy needs cancer treatment, PacifiCare denies The family and the nurses are also urgently appealing to the public to call PacifiCare at 714-828-1821 and demand they provide the care Nick needs. Supporters can deliver the same message to PacifiCare spokesman Tyler Mason at 714-226-3530 What: March on PacifiCare When: Tuesday, March 25, 10:00 am Where: PacifiCare Headquarters, 5701 Katella Ave, Cypress, 90630 "My brother Nick Colombo is just 17 years old, and he has suffered with a painful bone cancer for four years," said Ricky Colombo, Nick's 19-year old brother. "Our insurance company, PacifiCare, denied Nick radiation treatment available in Kansas City which can save his life. He has exhausted all other treatment options but nothing worked. This is our last effort and this procedure has worked before with people in Nick's situation. We are now standing up for Nick, and telling PacifiCare that what they are doing is wrong." Read More
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