Terry and her husband have struggled to keep their insurance and get coverage for their health issues.
Teresa Zduncyk of Brookfield is over 50 and has been unemployed for 18 months. With continuing job cuts in the banking industry, it has become increasingly hard for her to find work in her field.
In 2003, Teresa had insurance [...]

Steve, a career coach, discusses the many pitfalls of qualifying for and affording good health insurance.
I often see people who are in soul-killing, corporate jobs, who’d love to start their own business, but they don’t dare because they have a child or spouse with medical issues, and they fear medical expenses would bankrupt them. If [...]

Blue Cross Blue Shield cancels a couples’ policy, leaving them with a $200,000 medical bill.
When Linda’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL COBRA coverage ended for her and her husband on December 31, 2008, their premium jumped from $577.00 to $1,036.30 per month. In order to save money, her husband switched from a BCBS of [...]

A father is thankful for Illinois law that allows his daughter, diagnosed with Leukemia, to stay on the family plan until she turns 26, but wonders what happens next.
My name is Mark Kraemer and I am grateful for the excellent health insurance that I have through my employer. Without it we would not be able [...]

My name is Rich Godwin and I am an entrepreneur.  It is a challenge to open a business and provide health care for my employees, my family and myself.  The costs involved are outrageous. In five years, my family’s health care costs went from $500 a month to $800 to $1100 to $1600 to $2200.  [...]