Families tout (IL) gov's health insurance plan for children

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Families tout gov's health insurance plan for children

October 7, 2005

BY ART GOLAB Staff Reporter

Surrounded by four families who have fallen through the cracks in the health care system, Gov. Blagojevich told them Thursday that under his proposed new insurance plan, "Your children will have the same access to health care as my children."
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"If this program goes through, it's going to change my life and my daughter's life," she said. "I wouldn't have to worry about saving up enough for medicine for her from pay period to pay period."

Sanchez's family was one of four invited by the governor to the Blue Angel restaurant on the Northwest Side, where the governor touted his program to the media. While the kids played with Teddy bears and the food on their fruit plates, the governor passed the microphone around and listened to tales of struggles with the insurance system.

Plan could be in place by summer

Stories included a couple trying to get a real-estate business off the ground, and a woman whose husband's employer has hiked insurance premiums to the point they can no longer afford the $800 a month to cover their four children.

"When you have to watch every penny, this would be a relief for us," said mother of four Tracie Evans.
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