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Susan Solves It Quick Tip: Airline Disability Protections

Susan Solves It Quick Tip: Airline Disability Protections
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  • Under federal law, an airline must compensate you if it loses or damages your suitcase.
  • Those protections were recently extended to wheelchairs and other assistive devices, but now five major carriers are trying to change that.
  • ABC Action News Reporter Susan El Khoury looks at how the rules have changed.

Florida brain tumor patient denied insurance coverage for surgery gets full reversal

A West Palm Beach man battling an aggressive brain tumor was denied insurance coverage for the surgery he needed to remove it, only to see his insurer reverse course in a dramatic turn that unfolded inside his hospital room while our investigative team was there interviewing him about the denial.

FL brain tumor patient denied insurance coverage for surgery gets full reversal