It says at the end of the article "Manulife wouldn't comment on Blanchard's case, but did say they would not deny or terminate a claim solely based on information published on Web sites such as Facebook." It's likely this was just "fuel for the fire" and there is a lot more to it.

Oh, thanks for posting this! I saw a bit of that on POV a few weeks ago, but was unable to watch it all, but wanted to find it. fascinating!