Six months after Eric Tennant died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, West Virginia’s Republican governor signed a bill intended to curb the harms of insurance denials. Tennant , a coal mining safety instructor from Bridgeport, died last September at age 58 from complications related to stage 4 cancer of the bile ducts. In early 2025, his insurer, the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, repeatedly denied him coverage of a $50,000