Blue Cross wants to pay less, my son may pay the price

By: Andrew Bashi

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 811

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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My son, Jibran, was born prematurely last October weighing less than three pounds and with a unique heart.

His left and right ventricles are switched. The muscles designed to push blood only to his lungs are instead responsible for supplying his entire body. The condition is called congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) and it affects less than 0.05% of the small subsection of children born with heart disease. Without surgical correction, his …

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