Cover America Tour

Selling health insurance is no guarantee of a decent policy

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:43:02 -0600

With a shortage of quality, affordable heath coverage options on the market, Ken's customers - and his own family - endure expensive, unreliable health insurance

One Woman's Desperate Plea

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:32:35 -0600

Moving from job to job doesn�t 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 she�s been �uninsured or underinsured� for most of her life, and it�s begun take a toll on her health.

Cover America Tour (Re)Union

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:14:10 -0600

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.

The plight of the uninsured... doctor

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:14:14 -0600

Dr. Kesani, Chicago

Turns out that no one - not even a doctor - is immune to outrageous premiums and denial for pre-existing conditions.

All of that money gone, and for what?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:55:10 -0600

Cindy and daughters in Fargo

Savings account drained, Cindy and her daughters teeter on the edge of living uninsured.

The end of the beginning

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:03:59 -0600

Parting shot with Big Blue

The first 17,000 miles were only the beginning on the road to health care reform.

My Lousy Insurance Ate My Stimulus Check

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:10:00 -0600

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.

That'll teach you to use your health insurance

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:05:27 -0600

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.

Somewhere between insured and uninsured

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:18 -0600

Gina in Saint Joseph, Missouri

Health insurance should be good for more than just cancer or getting hit by a bus.

Daughter's health insurance is priority number one

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:46:04 -0600

Buffy at Denver house party

This young couple goes uninsured but does whatever they can to make sure daughter Fiona stays covered.

Baby born abroad makes for serious savings

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:24:13 -0600

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.

Conventions recoup and the home stretch

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:54:23 -0600

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

Locals greet the Tour crew at convention city house parties

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:16:20 -0600

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.

Cover America Tour spends the week in the Twin Cities

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:08:05 -0600

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...

Going Back to School to Afford Health Care

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:02:24 -0600

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.