now as susan mcginest reports, some who get coverage through their employers are facing the same problem at her office in virginia beach, deborah fisher often sneaks a peek at her 3-year-old grandson. >> that's my guy. >> reporter: deborah is battling kidney cancer. during the ten yrs she's worked at the attkisson realty, they provided health insurance. >> we were happy. we had great insurance. we had continuing care for our employees. >> reporter: great until owner betsy attkisson learned the policy would be terminated because it doesn't meet the requirements of the affordable care act. >> on june 30th, 2014, i will probably not be offering company insurance for my employees. i just can't afford it. >> reporter: administration records show the white house expected millions of workers to lose their current employer-based coverage and that many companies would send employees to health care.gov to buy their own insurance. deborah scoured the website for a new policy, so far she can't afford the premiums. >> they just are higher and higher when there is a pre-existing. will i have my same s