What is your opinion on this article? (gender discrimination)

I recently came across an article about how a man from South Carolina was denied health insurance due to his gender. I could not believe how unjust this is. The man has a disease and cancer is cancer no matter what gender you are. I don’t understand how this reasoning for denying him Medicaid is legitimate in the company’s eyes.

What is your opinion regarding this article? Also you might want to read a little more on this situation as the article I found is quite biased. Are you surprised to see an example of gender discrimination towards a male for once?