THEIR RULES, OUR PAIN ARCHIVE

Read more real stories of people trampled by the insurance companies.

• Mrs. Q of Glendale, AZ wrote to tell us about her struggles getting and keeping health insurance for her family as a small business owner. Read more about it.


• Mrs. G of North Carolina wrote to tell us about how her insurance company has interfered with how her husband’s doctor wants to treat him. Read more about it.


• Mrs. R of Hagerstown, MD wrote to tell us about how her family has been unable to get health insurance since losing their employer-sponsored benefits. Read more about it.


• Ms. M of Roswell, GA wrote to tell us her experience with health insurance company red tape as a worker in health care administration. Read more about it.


• Mr. C of Trabuco Canyon, CA wrote to tell us about his mother’s experience after joining a private Medicare health plan. Read more about it.


• Ms. B of Sherman Oaks, CA wrote to tell us about her experience being denied coverage for her emergency room visit. Read more about it.


• Ms. Z of Indianapolis, IN wrote to tell us about her experience being denied coverage for needed care. Read more about it.


• Mr. W of Houston, TX wrote to tell us of how his insurance company used his pre-existing condition as an excuse to refuse coverage for a wide range of needed care. Read more about it.


• Mr. L of Michigan wrote to tell us about the problems his mother had trying to get care even though she had insurance. Read more about it.


• Mrs. K of Efland,NC, wrote to tell us about how her family has been "trapped inside the health(un)care machine." Read more about it.


• Mr. B of Michigan wrote to tell us about how he thought he was covered until he needed care. Read more about it.


• Mrs. C of Lexington, KY, wrote to tell us about her daughter’s inability to get health insurance because she is pregnant. Read more about it.


• Mr. B of Pennsylvania wrote to share his experience with higher than expected out-of-pocket costs for out-of-network care. Read more about it.


• Mrs. K of Nebraska wrote to share the different excuses her insurance company used to deny payment for the care she needed, including that her problem was "pre-existing." Read more about it.


• Mrs. H, a freelancer in New York, wrote to tell us about her experience with high out-of-pocket costs and denials of care from the health insurance she was able to buy through a professional association. Read more about it.


• Parvin Mottaghi's insurer approved open-heart surgery. After she had the operation, her insurance company cancelled her policy, leaving her with about $100,000 in medical bills. Read more about it.