Sean Semon Needs a Heart Transplant & Aetna Denies Coverage: Donations Needed
Sean's battle with cardiomyopathy began when he was only 28. He is now age 34. He is a young man who should have many decades of life in front of him. He needs a very expensive heart transplant surgery to survive.
Thus Sean Semon is now he is trying to raise $150,000 needed to ensure that he is eligible to be put on the heart transplant list to receive a new heart. That is just the beginning of the costs for the heart transplant. The total costs of the surgery will be about $775,000, notes the National Foundation for Transplants.
A Damaged Heart
Sean's heart is only functioning at 35% of its normal capability. He is in urgent need of a heart transplant. Without the surgery Sean's life will be cut short.
Donate via National Foundation for Transplants
The National Foundation for Transplants is now fund raising to help Sean raise the money he needs to obtain a heart transplant. If you would like to participate with a donation go HERE. Be sure to put Sean Semon's name in the "Donation Information" section where it asks which patient the donation will honor.
You may also mail a check to NFT Nevada Heart Fund, 5350 Poplar Avenue, Suite 430, Memphis, TN 38119. In the memo section of the check write "In honor of Sean Semon" to ensure that the funds are used to help Sean get his heart transplant.
Sean Semon: A Life in Danger
A heart transplant will save Sean's life. Without the surgery his future is uncertain. To see videos of Sean Semon talking about his failed effort to get Aetna Insurance to pay for his heart transplant go HERE.
Learn More on Sean Semon's Facebook Page
To see the fundraising page for Sean Semon on Facebook, go here. Social media is helping to spread the word that this man's life is in danger until he gets a heart transplant.
A Good Deed
Doing a good deed does not take a lot of time or a lot of money. Sometimes a good deed can even help save a life. Sean needs help. The only way he will get it is by people being generous and donating a few dollars or more if they can.
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12 Comments
Post a CommentExactly why insurance companies should not be running the medical industry in this country. We need healthcare reform and we need it now!
This is unbelievable, they're not God, how can they refuse a life saving surgery. This man's life is in their hands. I pray Sean receives his transplant and the insurance pays.
Kathy, even when they are life-saving (actually paying for procedures) they are greedy bastards first.
What reason did Aetna give for not covering this necessary surgery? It isn't like it is a new, untried procedure! Insurance companies are either lifesavers (as when I had my breast cancer surgery and treatments 8 years ago) or greedy bastards. In this case, they are being greedy bastards.
ditto what donna said....and thanks for putting this out there
This is why we need insurance overhaul. Everyone screams about how there are going to be death panels but it seems to be the death panels are here now and will be eliminated with reform because Aetna would have no power to say NO. And Michele, if Sean has a republican senator or congressman, he can kiss his life goodbye because they want these costly procedures to be dictated by the insurance companies.
nice job
A very eye-opening article thank you Julia!
I guess we all need to check our plans on a yearly basis to find out what is and what isn't covered.
I'm glad you're covering this, Julia. Insurance company greed drives me crazy.
My cousin took out a plan months before being diagnosed with leukemia. The company never paid.
When my daughter (now 21) was a baby she was discharged from the hospital 7 days post op with a feeding tube, o2 monitor, heart monitor, round the clock feedings and a rigorous medication schedule. The insurance said nothing was being done inpatient that I couldn't handle outpatient so they balked at paying. I had a 3 year old and a husband working 100 miles away.
It's a nutty system.