Zöe Keating sparked a viral backlash after standing up to YouTube ahead of the launch of its premium service, Music Key. But what most people don’t realize is that while Keating was dealing with a bullying YouTube and pesky journalists (including DMN), she was also bedside with her husband, Jeffrey Rusch.
Sadly, Keating was battle-ready. This bigger villain in this story is Anthem Blue Cross, who initially denied coverage to Rusch last year on an emergency, life-or-death chemotherapy operation to remove a raft of cancerous tumors. That was after the couple paid more than $100,000 in premiums, though Anthem reversed its decision after San Francisco-based KPIX 5 exposed the case.
On February 19th, Rusch passed away from complications related to those cancerous tumors. Keating posted the following on her blog ahead of the weekend:
“Jeff Rusch….my beloved husband, father of my son, my best friend….he left this world. Thanks for sharing the last 17 years with me. I’ll always love you.”
Might as well throw in that Anthem had a mega-data-breach in the last couple of weeks. They claim no PHI (protected Health Information) was compromised, but names, SSNs, addresses — everything you need for a nice ID theft — baked right in.
Apparently they are “still evaluating” which credit-monitoring firm to use for their promise of “free” credit-monitoring of anyone affected.
That’s terrible, can’t even imagine. Sorry Zoe!
God, even my awful tin-plate insurance covers emergency care should I end up admitted as part of an ER visit.
Prayers and condolences.
dont know if she will read this, but my condolences to her 🙁
That is so sad to hear. I know from my own experices that Anthem Blue Cross is particularly horrible company. Sending good thoughts to her and her son.