More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits

Consumers Forced To Explore Options

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 27, 2008; A03

A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.

Those who need organ transplants or who have hemophilia, Gaucher disease or other costly chronic illnesses can easily rack up medical bills that blow through the lifetime benefits cap of $1 million or more that is a standard part of many insurance policies.