Northern Virginia — Ann Bailey Corbin, a four-year-old from Northern Virginia, has used a walker to get around her whole life. However, things got difficult around her fourth birthday when her legs stopped working. January Corbin, Ann Bailey’s mother, thought getting a wheelchair would be easy with their Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. Through denials and appeals, Corbin’s journey shows the intricacies of insurance in the United States.
The struggle for wheelchair coverage: One Virginia family’s story