Rain in Maine Posted by Meg at 05/31/08 10:30 PM

…but our spirits remain un-dampened. We’ve had a great start to the trip. Four days and four compelling health care stories later we’re camped at lush, marshy spot just outside of Portland, Maine

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The 'benefits' of being an HR manager Posted by Meg at 05/30/08 10:26 PM

When a company decides to “cut costs”, it’s the human resources department that is invariably stuck with doing the dirty work of hacking away at the health plan. But as premiums and deductibles go up, they go up for everyone – even HR managers.

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The Big Sendoff Posted by Meg at 05/30/08 09:21 PM

We pulled out of Consumers Union headquarters in Yonkers, NY, on a high, and who wouldn’t. A cloudless sky, a parking lot full of friends and colleagues hugging us goodbye, a whole summer ahead of us cruising around America in an RV. Who wouldn’t want to start a summer like that?

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Geared up and ready to launch Posted by Meg at 05/27/08 08:45 PM

The Cover America Tour is 114 days long, but the preparation has taken that long and then some. To our fellow RV campers, highway drivers and summer travelers, I say to you: We are one prepared bunch.

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As if beating cancer weren't enough Posted by Meg at 05/23/08 05:33 PM

It’s hard for most people to imagine getting diagnosed with cancer. Now imagine what it would be like to have beaten back cancer not just once, but three times – and then losing your health insurance.

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One diagnosis away Posted by Meg at 05/15/08 02:58 AM

At 27, I was uninsured for a year. Between jobs (non-profit jobs, nonetheless), I always knew that a clumsy step off the curb or a sudden sickness would mean emergency care and intolerable medical debt.

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