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Selling health insurance is no guarantee of a decent policyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ken in Fayetteville, WV With a shortage of quality, affordable heath coverage options on the market, Ken's customers - and his own family - endure expensive, unreliable health insurance
Source: Cover America Tour - November 24, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

One Woman's Desperate PleaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Moving from job to job doesnt just mean unpredictable income, constantly learning new responsibilities, and re-adjusting to a new workplace. For many, such as Mary in Lexington Park, MD, it also means a life of poor health insurance or no insurance at all. In her words shes been uninsured or underinsured for most of her life, and its begun take a toll on her health.
Source: Cover America Tour - November 22, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info

Cover America Tour (Re)UnionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Thousands of miles traveled - and none of them in an RV. Cover America Tour story sharers came from all corners of the country to Consumers Union headquarters for the second annual Activist Summit.
Source: Cover America Tour - November 19, 2008 Category: American Health Source Type: info

The plight of the uninsured... doctorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Kesani, Chicago Turns out that no one - not even a doctor - is immune to outrageous premiums and denial for pre-existing conditions.
Source: Cover America Tour - November 5, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

All of that money gone, and for what?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cindy and daughters in Fargo Savings account drained, Cindy and her daughters teeter on the edge of living uninsured.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 22, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

The end of the beginningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Parting shot with Big Blue The first 17,000 miles were only the beginning on the road to health care reform.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 18, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: The Journey Source Type: info

My Lousy Insurance Ate My Stimulus CheckEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Cover America Tour trekked across America's heartland for a second time on our way from the Democratic National Convention in Denver to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. On the way we interviewed Barbara from Le Mars, IA.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 16, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info

That'll teach you to use your health insuranceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kim in Minneapolis Kim is used to taking on the giants in the pharmaceutical world in the fight for safer drugs. But she was blindsided by another giant - her own insurance company - and found herself in a battle to keep her health insurance.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 16, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

Somewhere between insured and uninsuredEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gina in Saint Joseph, Missouri Health insurance should be good for more than just cancer or getting hit by a bus.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 16, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info

Daughter's health insurance is priority number oneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Buffy at Denver house party This young couple goes uninsured but does whatever they can to make sure daughter Fiona stays covered.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 13, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

Baby born abroad makes for serious savingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kifah in Chicago, IL Kifah in Chicago Ridge, IL, mother of two, had a financial decision to make about the international birth of her second son.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 10, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

Conventions recoup and the home stretchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On the road again We're down to our last couple of weeks on the road, re-energizing after back to back weeks of convention-mania
Source: Cover America Tour - September 8, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: The Journey Source Type: info

Locals greet the Tour crew at convention city house partiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Minneapolis house party Gatherings in Denver and Minneapolis provided the perfect opportunities to meet and greet with local consumer advocates and supporters. Want to be a part of the next big get together? Read more.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 5, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: The Journey Source Type: info

Cover America Tour spends the week in the Twin CitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We arrived in St. Paul after a few days' drive from Denver, barely recovered from the DNC but looking forward to a packed week of events at the RNC...
Source: Cover America Tour - September 3, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

Going Back to School to Afford Health CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For 36 years Doris taught 7th through 12th grade English and after saving carefully, paying off her mortgage and considering her options, she decided it was time to retire. Still a few years away from qualifying for Medicare, she must rely on the retiree health insurance that she earned as a teacher, but this hard won benefit has turned out to be a far cry from what she expected.
Source: Cover America Tour - September 2, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info

DNC to RNC via *all* of the Sioux CitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lola GPS has its limitations when you don't know what state you're in
Source: Cover America Tour - August 31, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: The Journey Source Type: info

The kids come first for these dedicated school employeesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For Patricia and Maria, focusing on the needs of their own kids - and other peoples' - means making sacrifices when it comes to their own health care.
Source: Cover America Tour - August 29, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Videos Source Type: info

When following the doctor's orders means poor health insuranceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After 30 years working in the computer industry - mostly in Silicon Valley - Barry was ready for something new. So at 61, he's actively retraining himself for a career in alternative energy. But he's found that living outside the safety of employer sponsored health insurance has been a rougher road than he imagined.
Source: Cover America Tour - August 28, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info

Bringing health care stories to the conventionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Montana delegate After a summer on the road talking to people from coast to coast about health care, the Cover America Tour asks Denver convention-goers what they think about the problems.
Source: Cover America Tour - August 26, 2008 Category: American Health Tags: Your Stories Source Type: info