Your Story Matters

Healthcare isn’t just about policies and statistics—it’s about people. In the wake of recent laws and funding cuts, millions are being denied the care they desperately need.

Have you or someone you know:

  • Been denied coverage for essential treatments?
  • Struggled to find doctors accepting your insurance?
  • Been forced to ration medication or skip care due to costs?
  • Faced impossible wait times for critical procedures?

Your experience matters. By sharing your story, you help expose the real-world consequences of decisions made in Washington and state capitals.

Why Your Voice Counts

Every personal story reveals what the data can’t show:

  • The human cost of narrowed insurance networks and pre-existing condition exclusions
  • The domino effect when one denied claim leads to medical debt, job loss, or worsening health
  • The hidden crisis of “ghost networks” – insurance lists full of providers who don’t actually exist or accept patients
  • The life-altering impact when bureaucracy overrules medical necessity

How Sharing Creates Change

  1. Add your experience to our interactive map:
    • What care was delayed or denied?
    • What type of insurance do you have or did you lose?
    • How did it affect your health and livelihood?
  2. See your story in context:
    • Discover how many others in your area face similar barriers
    • Identify patterns in coverage denials by insurer or region
  3. Fuel the movement for better care:
    • Your testimony becomes evidence for lawsuits against predatory insurers
    • Helps journalists spotlight healthcare access crises
    • Gives lawmakers real accounts to demand policy fixes

This Is Bigger Than Any One Story

You’re joining a national outcry from:

  • Cancer patients forced to choose between treatment and rent
  • Seniors traveling hours to find a Medicare-accepting specialist
  • Parents watching their child’s condition worsen while fighting insurance appeals
  • Chronic illness sufferers becoming experts in loopholes rather than healing

Your story adds an important voice to this conversation, Share it today.

add your experience to the map

Want to see how facility closures impact care access? Visit our sister project ClosedCareTracker.com to explore shuttered hospitals and clinics – or report a closure in your community to help us track the full picture of healthcare erosion.