By Doug Cunningham

Cigna insurance has agreed to pay for the liver transplant for 17 year old Nataline Sarkisyan following a protest by the California Nurses Association and a national web of friends and supporters of Nataline and her family. The giant insurer had denied the life-saving transplant for the comatose teen, but relented after getting a flood of calls from around the country generated by the California Nurses Association protest Thursday. CNA Director Rose Ann Demoro says this is an incredible turnaround generated by a massive outpouring around the country. She said it proves that an enraged public agitating for change can get results. The campaign included a netroots effort launched by blogger Eve Gittlelson on the Daily Kos blog.