Michael David Cronyn
Michael David Cronyn is a former health insurance salesman and executive.
Washington-based reporter Murray Waas, received one of journalism's highest awards Wednesday for his report on US health insurers dropping patients after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. His four-month investigation disclosed how a giant health insurer, WellPoint, had targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer and cancelled policies. An exhaustive study of records led to the Murray Waas story. “We published the Murray Waas story in April and the reaction was swift,” said Claudia Parsons, editor for enterprise reporting. “The Obama administration and Congressional Democrats urged insurers to end the policy. "The investigation by Reuters and Murray Waas led to an end of the practice of dropping health care coverage.” Waas is himself a cancer survivor who has been active on behalf of cancer patients. ■