THEIR RULES, OUR PAIN
Real stories of people trampled by the insurance companies
"Its a familiar story. I had health care for my family through my job, which was working with emotionally disturbed teenage boys. I was injured by a client and, after surgery (through workers comp), I was unable to meet the physical requirements for the job, so I lost my job and my family lost our health insurance. I tried to buy health insurance but the cheapest I could find was $1,400 a month! That's over half of our gross monthly income! We have now been uninsured for several years. We live in fear of getting sick.”
Learn why states are finding it impossible to make health insurance affordable to people who cannot get it from their employers in this week’s Foul Play.
Read other stories in the "Their Rules, Our Pain" archive.
LATEST SCORECARD
Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients’ care, according to the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey.
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Families saw their premiums for job-based health insurance rise to an average of $13,375 annually in 2009, with workers paying an average share of $3,515 and employers paying $9,860.
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