Outrage After Insurance Company Refuses To Pay For Newborn Twins' Life-saving Treatment

“This Makes Me Sick”: Newborn Twins Given Two Years To Live After Insurance Denies Them Treatment Trigger warning: Infant illness Newborn twins, Eli and Easton Reed, diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) after their birth on March 31, 2024, currently face a dire prognosis after the family’s insurance company denied lifesaving treatment. According to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH), SMA refers to a group of hereditary diseases that can damage and kill specialized nerve cells in …