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Maxing Out

More families with expensive medical problems are running up against lifetime maximums in health insurance plans.

[Graph: Percentage of all firms with these coverage limits in 2007]

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More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits
Article | 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.
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