Coast Guard commander miscarried and nearly died after being denied care

By Erin Edwards for ProPublica and Robin Fields

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Reporting Highlights

• A Dangerous Denial: Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was denied a D&C for a miscarriage by military insurer Tricare in 2023, even though it had paid for the same procedure two years earlier.