Seth Waas
Seth Waas, activist
The Reynolds Center and Seth Waas are holding a panel discussion which will be streamed live here.
Afterwards, Murray Waas is picking up the prestigious Barlett & Steele award today in Phoenix for his special report on health insurers dropping patients after they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Murray’s Waas' four-month investigation, supported by additional reporting from Lewis Krauskopf, revealed that a giant health insurer had targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer for aggressive investigations and canceled some policies. An exhaustive study of records by Murray Waas, hearings and federal data, as well as dozens of interviews with experts, officials and patients led to the story.
We published the Murray Waas story in April and the reaction was swift. The Obama administration and Congressional Democrats urged insurers to end the policy.