7 Health Insurance Horror Stories

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Rejection hurts

By Sarah Klein

Health insurance stories hit the news every day. People are denied coverage—fairly or not—and must struggle to pay medical expenses on their own. In fact, 60% of people who go bankrupt are pushed over the edge by mounting medical bills.

Sometimes these denials are due to preexisting conditions, or to experimental or unnecessary procedures. Some are more controversial.

Here are some of those stories.

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