Zoë Keating
Zoë Clare Keating (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian-American cellist and composer once based in San Francisco, California, now based in Vermont.[1]
Zoë Keating
Personal life[edit]
In 1972, Keating was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada to an English mother and an American father. She began playing the cello at the age of eight and attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Prior to 2005, she worked as an information architect. She worked on projects at the now defunct Perspecta, Inc., and the Research Libraries Group (now part of OCLC) and the Database of Recorded American Music.
In March, 2010, Keating announced via her website that she was expecting her first child with her husband, Jeff Rusch, in May.[9]
Rusch was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in May, 2014,[10] and was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment. Days later, Keating and Rusch received a letter denying coverage for this hospital stay by their insurance company, Anthem.[11] After local media publicized the story, Anthem Blue Cross reversed its decision, telling Keating in a phone call that the hospital stay would be covered.[12] Rusch died on February 19, 2015.[13]
Keating continues to advocate for patients, data portability and the simplification of medical insurance.
In October 2016 she was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Frontiers Conference with President Barack Obama, Riccardo Sabatini and Kafui Dzirasa, moderated by Atul Guwande.[14][15]
