Elaine Quijano
Elaine Quijano
/ CBSElaine Quijano was named a CBS News correspondent in January 2010. Quijano reports for "CBS This Morning" and the "CBS Evening News," and contributes across all CBS News platforms. She is based in New York.
Most recently, Quijano was a general assignment correspondent for CNN, based in Washington, DC. For nine years, she provided broad reaching stories from various beats, including the White House, the Pentagon and the Supreme Court. She also covered the administration of President Barack Obama, traveling to Boston to report on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and to West Virginia to view a multimillion dollar-experiment under way to inject carbon emissions deep underground.
In 2006, Quijano was named White House correspondent for CNN and covered the administration of President George W. Bush. During that time, she reported on the Bush administration's war on terror and the financial crisis that emerged in the fall of 2008. She also traveled extensively around the world, visiting a host of cities, including Kabul, Afghanistan, Islamabad, Pakistan and Beijing, China. Before being named a White House correspondent, she covered Bush's 2004 reelection campaign and the campaign of Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards.
Prior to that, Quijano was a correspondent for CNN Newsource, the network's affiliate service. She was part of Newsource's round-the-clock coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and reported for their affiliates across the nation. Quijano also traveled to Kuwait City just days before the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and provided extended onsite coverage.
Previously, Quijano was a general assignment reporter for WFTS-TV in Tampa, Fla. She also worked as a reporter/producer/anchor for WCIA-TV in Champaign, Ill.
Quijano holds a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
I appreciated your news story from tonight. Another thing that bothers me are people who sign up for High Deductible insurance plans (through their employers)and our annual "free" mammograms. I work at a hospital that offers two plans: One that has a higher premium, but lower deductible. I chose the lower premium and high deductible. When I went for my (paid for by my plan) mammogram and it was covered under preventitive care. The MD noticed a "concerning spot" and I was requested to come back for a repeat mammogram. Under the high deductible insurance plan the repeat mammogram was considered "diagnostic" and I had to pay for the test and the reading out of my own pocket. Fortunately I was able to pay for this, but we have employees (Environmental Services, Food Services, etc.) that have chosen the high deductible plans because of the low premiums. There is no way they could afford to pay for the repeat and MD reading costs and so would choose not to have the repeat done. That is scary and we work for a hospital. I have spoken with our Employee Health Department and they said this happens quite frequently where care is not sought because of the cost that would have to come out of their pocket. I understand this is common for all High Deductible plans. I'm not sure people understand what they are signing up for when they choose High Deductible plans. Check it out-it might be a good follow-up to your story tonight. Would further surgical treatment had been sought if they too had had a High Deductible plan?
Thank you again and keep up the good work....Kathleen