A relatively obscure category of health insurance 鈥� 鈥渃ritical illness鈥� insurance 鈥� is聽catching on because, increasingly, conventional health plans have consumers paying a lot of out-of-pocket costs. Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio explains the pros and cons of critical care insurance in this story that aired on NPR鈥檚 Morning Edition.
This story is part of a partnership that includes , and Kaiser Health News.