r/HealthInsurance is a subreddit with 117k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses insurance, coverage, health, healthcare, and health insurance, and they frequently recommend/review health insurance, hmo, and travel insurance.
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Popular Themes in r/HealthInsurance
#1
Advice Requests
: "HELP - Pregnant Without Insurance. What Now?"
46 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Anesthesiologist billed our insurance $37,000 for a 15-minute preventative colonoscopy"
29 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Independent vision insurance recommendations for a family caught in an unexpected job transition?"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/HealthInsurance
#1
Insurance
: "Anesthesiologist billed our Insurance $37,000 for a 15-minute preventative colonoscopy"
256 posts
#2
Coverage
: "My insurance completely cut off GLP-1 Coverage for weight loss. What are the cash-pay alternatives?"
128 posts
#3
Health
: "Health Insurer is giving us Hell covering our sons NICU stay."
118 posts
#4
Healthcare
: "My job ended. I was injured afterwards. And now Healthcare.gov is telling me the insurance I had wasn't 'good enough' to qualify for a health event to get insurance. Do I have any options?"
95 posts
#5
Health Insurance
: "Health Insurance cost (mil to civilian)"
91 posts
#6
Struggling
58 posts
#7
Premiums
: "Two Health Insurance Premiums"
42 posts
#8
Costs
41 posts
#9
Plan
: "How is an indemnity Plan as an supplement?"
34 posts
#10
Bill
: "Insane Medical Bills, was never informed of Cost, is this wrong?"
24 posts
Products Discussed in r/HealthInsurance
Health Insurance
8 reviews
#1
HealthCare.gov
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Manulife
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
Surest
4.0★ from 1 review
Hmo
2 reviews
#1
Kaiser
3.5★ from 2 reviews
Travel Insurance
1 review
#1
INF Insurance
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/HealthInsurance
#1
Plan Benefits
: "medication taken for over a decade denied by insurance. what can I do?"
48 posts
#2
Individual/Marketplace Insurance
: "Health insurance cost (mil to civilian)"
43 posts
#3
Claims/Providers
: "Anesthesiologist billed our insurance $37,000 for a 15-minute preventative colonoscopy"
41 posts
#4
Employer/COBRA Insurance
: "Employer says I cannot deny their health insurance"
23 posts
#5
Plan Choice Suggestions
: "HDHP vs PPO 55+ w/ health issues, family coverage."
15 posts
#6
Prescription Drug Benefits
: "High deductible making medication unaffordable, alternatives?"
9 posts
#7
Medicare/Medicaid
: "Pregnant but denied medicaid"
8 posts
#8
Dental/Vision
: "Company backdated my firing to cut my health insurance early. Left with a massive bill, but I have receipts"
7 posts
#9
Non-US (CAN/UK/IND/Etc.)
: "Hypocrisy USA hospital."
2 posts
#10
Industry Career Questions
: "Why do U.S. universal healthcare advocates prefer single-payer?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/HealthInsurance
Yearly
+38k members(48.1%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026