Man when I read articles like this, it makes me glad I’m a Canadian…

Fortis canceled Mitchell’s health insurance based on a single erroneous note from a nurse in his medical records that indicated that he might have been diagnosed prior to his obtaining his insurance policy. When the company’s investigators discovered the note, they ceased further review of Mitchell’s records for evidence to the contrary, including the records containing the doctor’s diagnosis.

Nettles also suggested that Fortis should have realized the date in the note was incorrect: “Not only did Fortis choose to rely on one false and unreliable snippet of information containing an erroneous date to the exclusion of other information which would have revealed that date to be erroneous, Fortis refused to conduct any further investigation even after it was on notice the evidence which aroused its suspicion to be false,” the judge noted.

Fortis “gambled” with Mitchell’s life, Nettles wrote.
Source: Reuters

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, capitalism is evil.  The number one job of companies and corporations is to make money, with all other considerations secondary.  I’m glad that this person sued and won, I’m sure his health insurance company was hoping that he’d die during litigation and that would be the end of it.  Hopefully it sets a precedent for others in similar situations so they can sue and win what’s right.