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Jury Rules Against Oscar Health in Cancer Drug Case

4/8/2026

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  • Pablo Langesfeld, a Miami resident with advanced pancreatic cancer, sues Oscar Health Insurance for denying coverage of $48,500 cancer drug therapy.
  • His doctors recommend the treatment, FDA-approved for ovarian cancer and promising against pancreatic cancer.
  • Oscar Health Insurance contends the drug is not medically necessary.
  • A jury ruled in his favor on the coverage dispute.
  • A judge is expected to rule soon on the insurer's obligation to cover the treatment.