Posted On: March 30, 2007, 1:32 am CDT

Posted By: Jo Joshua Godfrey

Comment:
Please believe me not every victim gets justice, and without a proper legal system to keep this in line there will be more people like me. You only really know when you get there.

I felt compelled to write my story. When I see this name Cigna I still shudder, but I have somehow learned to live with it for now. It has been over 10 years now and I had subscribed to Cigna HMO for healthcare for almost 10 years. I was enrolled and treated in their No. Hollywood wholly owned clinic in California. I thought this was a wonderful company until I got sick and needed treatment. For two years Cigna abused me, and only when I went to outside doctors and paid for it did I learn I had lung cancer, and I went on to prove they knew I was ill and they were simply not going to treat me and let me die. I went to the newspapers and fought them, got treatment and thank God somehow I survived.

It is a long story. I never did get legal justice because I refused to arbitrate with these criminals, and then they asked the arbitrator to have me pay their legal fees. He refused and said everyone will pay their own legal costs. That day the Judge/Arbitrator said to me, "don't give up, learn to integrate it into your life, you cannot make this your life, but do not give up," and I know inside his heart broke for me.

You bet your bottom dollars these people are, make no mistake criminals, and somehow they are still making a dollar on other people's pain. However, I am sure justice will come.

Finally and importantly, I still have the response they filed over 10 years ago, that even if they committed Fraud or a crime they could still compel Arbitration. A sad state of affairs don't you think? If we join together we can fix this I am sure.