Who is The Insurance Warrior?

Laurie Todd is an author, teacher, and insurance strategist.  With a secondary teaching certificate and an M.A. in French Literature, Laurie was perfectly poised to unmask insurance company words, and teach others to do the same.

In 2005, Laurie was diagnosed with late-stage appendix cancer.  She was told by her oncologist, “There is no treatment for your disease.  And, even if there were, they wouldn’t pay for it.”

Laurie worked tirelessly to reverse her insurer’s denial.  She spent two months building her case—studying insurance law, gathering proof and precedent, reading medical journal articles, interviewing the experts.

Ms. Todd succeeded in persuading her insurer to fully cover her lifesaving treatment with Dr. Paul Sugarbaker, which totaled $345,000.  Her share?  Nine dollars.

From 2006 through 2010, Laurie has helped dozens of people to overturn denials of care.  Many insurers, many conditions/diseases, all over the United States.  She has never lost a case.

Seeking to help more patients and medical providers, Laurie secured the backing of a major cancer research foundation, and published her book, Fight Your Health Insurer and Win.  She has also written articles that have appeared in Coping with Cancer magazine (July/August 2008) and in the YES (Y90 Microspheres Education and Support) newsletter.

Visit Laurie’s website, http://www.theinsurancewarrior.com/, and learn more about this remarkable woman and all she has achieved for patients.