Melody, a Chicago resident, deals with the painful repercussions of second class health care.
While on Medicaid, Melody developed flesh-eating bacteria that caused severe damage around her tailbone, eating away at her pelvic structure and lower back.  Medicaid did not cover the reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation services her illness required.  Instead, she was given inadequate treatment, [...]

After undergoing a heart transplant and dealing with mounting health care costs, Tim shares his perspective on health insurance reform.
My name is Tim Fraas, and I am from Elgin, Illinois.  My health care story is one that the insurance industry doesn’t like to talk about. It’s a story that should make everyone review their policies. [...]

The high cost of insurance and medical care forces many to forgo needed treatment in an effort to avoid medical debt.
Jeff is an industrial engineer.  He worked in software quality assurance for 15 years, but as he became eligible for more benefits, his employer sought to replace him with lower-cost workers.  After being laid [...]

If health care costs continue to increase at the current rate, many small businesses and their employees will be hard pressed to continue paying for their coverage.

Kaye and Roger of Sleepy Hollow, Illinois strongly believe in health care as a right for all. As small business owners, they demonstrate this belief by providing health [...]