A Virginia mother-of-three who lost most of her left arm in a June 2024 shark attack recently learned her health insurer, Cigna Healthcare, refused to pay for a $73,000 myoelectric prosthetic hand she’d been told in October she would receive Christmas Eve.

Elisabeth Foley has a very simple prosthetic after she lost her hand in a shark attack. In order to do things like zip up a coat or return to her job as a barista, she'll need a myoelectric hand. It's a type of prosthetic that costs around $73,

Image via Shutterstock You would think that surviving a shark attack would be the hardest part. But a Virginia woman is struggling to get a prosthetic hand after insurance rejected paying for the attachment.