Key Highlights
- Mother fights to get coverage for daughter’s scoliosis surgery03:34When the company’s third denial came on Nov.
- 11, Vivian’s surgery was just days away.
- Given that the procedure can cost up to $100,000 out of pocket, the family postponed it.
- Hukriede, who lives in Centennial, Colorado, exhausted her final chance for appeal last month.
- Now, the ideal window for Vivian to access the treatment is closing, since the surgery must be done while a child still has a sufficient amount of growing to do.
