Those with health insurance are often fighting an uphill battle with finding the best plans.

One woman must drive the "extra miles" just to get her health care coverage.

Stacie Day works from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

And while some people may call that a grave yard shift, Stacie calls it her lifeline.

"I want insurance," said Stacie.

She is willing to work overnight and drive from Centralia to Columbia five nights a week to get that coverage.

"It does worry me because you never know what is going to happen. I just want to make sure I'm covered so I can get the care I need," said Stacie.

Stacie has three kids and a disabled husband.

"I know they are taken care of. That's all I worry about...is making sure he's got insurance and they got insurance," said Stacie.

So with six eyes that need glasses and a husband in and out of surgery, making ends meet requires a lot of kitchen table talk.

"Checking into health insurance, it is more than what we could budget out. So between the kids and all their stuff...and everyday life , it wasn't in the budget. It's so expensive to go to the doctors. If you have X-rays or an MRI, that's another $500 to $1,000 on top of your doctor bill, or your prescriptions are higher and you pay $100 to $150 for antibiotics," Stacie said.

Stacie hopes working overnights will giver her more time to go to school and become a nurse--a profession that insures to help people.

But for now, Stacie just wants change for families like hers.

"Making it affordable because there are a lot of people that can't afford it and that's why they don't have it. So to make it affordable...and to know it's not going to be sky-rocketed," Stacie said.

Judy Baker and Blaine Luetkemeyer have just a few days left until the vote for the 9th District.

KOMU 8 News spoke with both candidates about their ideas on healthcare.

"Universalized health care is not socialized health care," said Judy Baker, the Democratic Congressional Candidate. "Universal health care says we believe everyone should be able to see a doctor and keep people from getting sick. And actually keep people healthy. Create a health care system instead of a sick-care system. So we detect diseases early and lower the cost of treating it and keep people healthy. How often do we get the opportunity to save lives, do the right thing, and save money at the same time? That is available in our health care system, if we do the reforms correctly," said Baker.

"It's never worked," said Blaine Luetkemeyer, the Republican Congressional District candidate. "It doesn't work. It doesn't provide quality of care in a time frame people  need. And it isn't cost effective. It breaks the budget of those countries that have done it. I was just reading this morning of a situation in Canada. There is a 10-month waiting list for maternity cases. How does that work? It's assignee. It doesn't make sense. If people from Canada want health care, they come to the US. Universal health care is okay if you got a cold, but if you got a problem, it doesn't work," said Luetkemeyer.