The cast member alleges that the insurance company has dropped Dr. Now and refused to cover any more of his patients.
Between the lawsuits and the lack of insurance, we are being told Dr. Now has become too much of an expense for the network to want to continue to work with him.
Dr. Now was sued by Colleen Shepard in 2007 after Tina Shepard died one year after a gastric bypass surgery performed by the doctor. She claims that he failed to follow up properly. The doctor has since explained that they called Tina Shepard repeatedly in order to engage her in follow-up appointments, but that she never showed up.
Dr. Now faced two lawsuits in 2012, both of which were dismissed. One involved a patient claiming the doctor diagnosed her husband improperly, and the second claimed Dr. Now left a roughly 6.6 inch piece of tubing inside her that punctured her colon.
The TLC doctor faced a $250 million suit by a patient claiming he botched her abdominoplasty — the patient dismissed the suit in 2018. Finally, Dr. Now was accused of leaving a stainless steel connector as well as tubes inside a 72-year-old woman in 2017. The claim seems to be ongoing.
