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.
Health insurance should be good for more than just cancer or getting hit by a bus.
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.
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.
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.
From South Carolina to Sacramento we’ve seen first hand the tragedies hospital-acquired infections can create for a family. During our recent visit to the California state capitol we met Cindy, who discovered she’d contracted MRSA after giving birth to her second child.
Several years ago Ernest Walston was involved in a severe accident that left him disabled with chronic back pain. Through Ernest’s former employer he and his wife Vivian received health insurance benefits, but after almost three years disabled and living off a pension those benefits are about to change.
California health advocates gathered on the lawn of the state capitol building this week to meet the Cover America Tour and speak out in support of several bills pending in the state legislature to improve health care quality and coverage.
A small town's declining economy trickles down to affect everyone, even this hair stylist struggling to make enough to afford health insurance.
On Thursday morning in Nashville’s Centennial Park, we stood alongside Tennessee health advocates and public officials pushing for health care reform – right beside a life-sized replica of the Parthenon.
We drove with Reverend Jim through miles of soy bean and corn fields from the United Methodist church in Princeton, Illinois, where he’s been a pastor for the last 13 years, to the free medical clinic where he volunteers every Tuesday in Depue, about 10 miles away.
Uninsured families in Detroit rely on the Cabrini Clinic for care that would otherwise be out of reach.
Laurel developed epilepsy, had to stop working, and paid for COBRA insurance coverage until it ran out. Individual coverage is too expensive.
Several of New Hampshire’s leading voices for health care reform partnered up with the Cover America Tour Tuesday in Portsmouth to speak for change.
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