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‘We just feel helpless’: Complaints mount against CT health care sharing ministries By Jenna Carlesso, CTMirror.org © Provided by Connecticut Post After not being satisfied with the coverage her ministry offers, Paloma Munoz has been looking for a traditional insurance policy that her family can afford. She hasn’t yet found one. “It’s so expensive,” she said. Last March, days after returning home from a family trip to Spain, Paloma Munoz’s 4-year-old son started to cough. He spiked a fever overnight and began feeling short of breath. Alarmed, Munoz found a hosp...

This story was originally published on March 2, 2020. The pain in Timothy Corridon’s left shoulder began not long after he signed up for a new, nontraditional type of health coverage. It spread down his arm and turned into numbness. He noticed weakness in both of his hands. After seeing several doctors, the 57-year-old Norwalk resident was referred to a neurosurgeon and underwent an urgent operation to address a Chiari malformation, a condition in which brain tissue extends into the spinal canal. Untreated, the disorder can cause dizziness, problems with balance and hearing, an unsteady gai...