I have obstructive sleep apnea. It is the worst feeling in the world to wake up after a night of not using my CPAP - I'm lethargic, and multiple nights without

I have obstructive sleep apnea. It is the worst feeling in the world to wake up after a night of not using my CPAP - I'm lethargic, and multiple nights without it lead to a lowered threshold of irritation and depression due to being so exhausted. Getting diagnosed, getting a CPAP, and consistently using it has significantly changed my life. That said, the road to getting the diagnosis, even with good health insurance, has been an expensive one even before the machine. The sleep study to confirm cost $700 out of pocket, not one red cent covered by my insurance. Acquiring the machine was an ordeal as well. I went to an ENT with the sleep study results and he ordered a CPAP machine. The doctor's office sent the order to an in-home medical supply company who got authorization from my insurance. In order to use my insurance to buy the machine, I had to agree to upload weekly data dumps of usage. The insurance would only cover part of the cost to acquire the machine - leaving me with a $295 out of pocket to pay for the machine with an additional $95 a month to pay for a year before the machine was mine and the data dumps were no longer required. At any point if they felt I was non-compliant I would be required to return the machine completely out of pocket, and there was no reimbursement for the money spent out of pocket at the end. So to pay for the machine (not including supplies) with my insurance cost $1,435. I could buy the machine outright from another in-home medical supply company for $575, which I did.