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...changeover, though, has been Aikman, who has stood behind Switzer even though it must strike him as ironic that he is playing for the man who not only kept him on the bench at Oklahoma but also licensed the athletic-dorm mayhem that ultimately forced Aikman to transfer to UCLA...
Last October the arbitration panel hearing Christy's case determined that Health Net should indeed have paid for the transplant. It also found the company had crossed the line in interfering with the doctor-patient relationship, specifically when Health Net officials phoned Christy's local oncologist and UCLA's Slamon. The latter call "was more heavy-handed" than either man was willing to admit, the panel concluded, and had been made to "influence or intimidate" UCLA and its doctors. Two of the three panelists further saw this interference as constituting "intentional infliction of emotional distress" on the deMeurerses because...
...still viewed as a beacon of warmth. "There's lots of hope, lots of things to do," Nesmith recalls his saying. Christy, dissatisfied with her reception at Scripps and reluctant to undergo months of treatment away from home, wanted a referral for a second local evaluation, this time at UCLA. Dr. Gupta agreed to make such a recommendation in writing, says Nesmith. He told Christy and her mother to go somewhere for lunch and then come back; the letter would be ready...
...Schinke examined Christy and agreed she ought to consider a bone-marrow transplant. At the least it might provide a period free of disease and debilitating chemotherapy. He suggested she get an evaluation at the UCLA Medical Center. To Dr. Schinke, whether Health Net would pay was a side issue. "When the patient comes to me, I'm still going to tell them about what I think may help," he says. "That's the ethical thing...
...deMeurerses, meanwhile, had grown so distrustful that they decided not to tell UCLA that Christy was a Health Net subscriber. Says Alan: "We wanted to find out what your average citizen would learn without insurance." Christy got an appointment to see Dr. John Glaspy, an oncologist who prides himself on being a fierce patient advocate. "They were suspicious, and they were in pain. Psychic pain," says Dr. Glaspy. Still, he says, "the first step in our relationship was a lie. There really isn't any other...