In this series, we’re exploring how we use our defining edge to bring clarity and credibility to policy debates. Most of us pay our health insurance premiums so that if we do get sick or injured, the treatments our doctors prescribe will be covered. But increasingly, that coverage is coming with high out-of-pocket costs.

For people living with chronic disease, health insurance shouldn’t be another hurdle. We should spend our energy and focus fighting for the best lives we can, not fighting against insurance companies. To learn more about how to #FixInsurance so it works as it should, visit https://www.nopatientleftbehind.org/fixinsurance.