State:: California

Occupation:: Customer Service Supervisor

I currently have private health insurance with a health care company who I have been employed by for 10+ yrs. After two years of appeals and negotiations my insurance finally agreed to approve a neck fusion.…

State:: California

Occupation:: Student/Employee

I work retail and go to school as well, I found out after being hired that because I was short of being considered full time (5 hours at most), I could not get full time employee benefits which…

State:: California

Occupation:: Homemaker

My husband wants a divorce. My health insurance is through his job. Will I lose my health insurance when we divorce or will I be able to continue to be covered under him?

State:: California
Occupation:: Richard Gicomeng, Founder of Drug Use Education (DUE) Process Initiative (www.DrugUseEducation.org)

Diagnosed in 1979 at the age of 19 with narcolepsy and what today is known as ADHD, I was treated with Desoxyn and my 2.0 GPA doubled overnight……

State:: California

Occupation:: Law Student

Absolutely disgusting that I can’t get insurance for cheaper than $320 per month.

About my general Health:

I am a 27 year old female. 5’2″, 105 pounds. I have never smoked in my entire life, never had an alcoholic…

I had never thought I would be the victim of the same health system I work in as a pharmacist. My first pregnancy was lost mid-term and I was told that my next pregnancy would be treated as a high-risk…

I am a self employed taxi driver in San Diego Cal and have been paying Kaiser Permanente $568.00 Per month. This was alot for me to pay and took all my disposable income. Each year they raise my health care…

As a healthcare provider of mental health services, I have decided to no longer accept insurance. Even though billing is easy with online methods, I found that payment was often delayed. With PPO’s, the rate reimbursed often changed month by…

I was suffering from chronic back pain following an accident from several years before. As my pain continued to worsen, I began to seek aggressive medical treatment options. Finally an orthopedic surgeon recommended a 2-level Total Disc Replacement (TDR) to…

I have HealthNet HMO through my company and it has been very painful getting medical help with this insurance policy. During the sign-up I was assured by sales people that there would not be any problem with HMO. But when…