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Cigna health insurance local office building. Tweet text overlay from @AngryRedInc reads, "@Cigna, I mean... I don't even know how to respond to this. What does it mean to 'update her records'? Her records are 'deceased'. I appreciate the condolences but my wife is gone, there is nothing you can do now."

“We don’t hate these people enough”: Widower spars with Cigna after they denied a cancer test for his wife months after she died

Rebecca Leib

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“Actually speechless”: Dentist spends 90 minutes fighting insurance over denied claim. Then the rep says this

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Khaliah Shaw venting her frustrations after a legal battle over a decade in the making finally came to an unsatisfying conclusion.

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“Your rage is SO JUSTIFIED”: Woman whose skin “melted off” after medication error screams in anguish after courts deny her justice

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Anna Good

“Dental care should be considered necessary healthcare for all”: Woman says dental insurance “literally covers nothing” after $9K estimate

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Susan LaMarca

3 panel: Jasmine, an ultrasound tech and wellness creator known as @jazzzyyy13, in an orange striped shirt and medical gloves giving self-advocacy tips.

“This is worth its weight in gold”: Healthcare worker shares 5 “insider tips” for advocating for yourself at the doctor

Newborn baby, her mother holding a Blue Cross Blue Shield bill above her with $1.5 million NICU bill

“Send it back!!!”: mom stuns TikTok with photo of her $1.5M NICU baby bill

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Lindsey Weedston

California mom Jessica Farwell crying as she recalls taking her baby to the hospital. Caption overlay reads, "It sucks that it takes public outrage for these insurance companies and hospitals to do the right thing."

“Absolutely enraging”: Mom billed $100K for baby’s 15-minute “free” helicopter ride doctors insisted on

Left: Luxury white cruise ship shot at angle at water level on a clear day with calm seas and blue sky Right: Medical bill from cruise ship

“Diabolical costs”: The number one reason you don’t want to get sick on a cruise ship

Man receives a 3-cent bill for his dead dad from insurance company—so he got petty (and creative)

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Left: Photo of actress Edi Patterson from her Instagram; Right: Screenshot of Edi Patterson's Instagram post describing her mother's medical situation; Caption: Instagram caption from Edi Patterson "Let's see if they make this one immediately disappear from my grid too.

‘Righteous Gemstones’ star says Instagram deleted her posts calling out UnitedHealthcare for denying a claim

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‘So you’re penalized FOR having insurance’: Man sends insurance info after getting bill for ambulance ride. He can’t believe his new total

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