BALTIMORE — After months of negotiations, United Healthcare and Johns Hopkins have failed to reach a compromise by Monday, causing 60,000 patients to lose their in-network coverage.

“I’m on disability, so I don’t know what to do. It’s like I’m stuck,” Jean Blouse told WMAR-2 News.

Blouse has been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, a condition she’s lived with for 30 years, that doctors now believe may be attacking her lungs. Her entire team is at Johns Hopkins.

“United Healthcare wants me to pick a new doctor in network. Then I have to wait for appointments with them, wait for appointments with their specialist. So, what am I going to do? Pray I don’t die ahead of time, because I can’t breathe,” she said.

“People don't go to Hopkins because they have a nose bleed. People are going to

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