Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone.
Bloodwork was supposed to be the last step in Isela's application for life insurance.
She contacted her insurance agent and was told her application was denied because something on her medication list indicated that Isela uses drugs.
And it can be difficult, some say, to tell the difference between someone who carries naloxone to save others and someone who carries naloxone because they are at risk for an overdose.
He says he's written a half dozen letters for other BMC employees denied life or disability insurance because of naloxone, and that troubles him.
The life insurance hassle — and threat of being turned to down -- has discouraged Isela and some of her fellow nurses.
That group says it has not heard of any cases of life insurance applicants being denied because they purchased naloxone. »