Sleep Apnea Treatment

I have sleep apnea which is well controlled through the use of a CPAP machine, but I was turned down for health insurance by Blue Cross Blue Shield because of it. I recently left a job through which I had health insurance and am now self employed and need to find an individual policy for myself.

I’m not referring to insomnia…however, I do believe this might be under the classification of a sleeping disorder. Anyway, the person cannot go to sleep. There is something physically preventing them from sleeping, and they never sleep. I know that it eventually leads to death, and that it’s rare. Forgive me if my details are a bit sketchy or not accurate; however, I don’t remember much about it, I just remember discussing it in one of my classes about a year or so ago. I put this in the Psychology section, because I learned about it in a Psychology class. Anyone know what i’m talking about, and could possibly give me the clinical name for it, so that I could read more about it? Thanks!