Judge recuses himself from UnitedHealth lawsuit, citing 'barbaric' denial of treatment

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The judge says that he cannot preside "fairly and impartially" because of his own experiences as a cancer survivor.

The judge wrote that his own life-saving experience with the treatment at the heart of the lawsuit—proton radiation, which United Healthcare Co. does not cover—plus a friend’s six-figure medical bills for cancer care prevented him “from deciding this case fairly and impartially.”

Scola wrote that his friend “fortunately … had the resources to pay $150,000 for the treatment,” but that United Healthcare agreed to reimburse him “only upon threat of litigation.”

United Healthcare has said it declined coverage because the therapy is experimental and unproven.
 
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