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Some Recent Grads Face Health Care Coverage Gap
NPR – When it comes to health care, even the simplest things can get very confusing. So it is with the new health law’s requirement that young adults be able to remain on their parents’ health plans until they turn 26. But when exactly the new benefit begins, who exactly is eligible and who decides all have the same answer: It depends.
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In : Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Student Health Insurance, health care, health care reform, health insurance, health reform, health reform legislation, young adult coverage, Posted on May 27, 2010
Keeping your adult kids on your health plan
Philly.com – About 1.2 million young adults stand to gain health insurance next year as new rules that allow them to join or stay on their parents’ employer-based plans until age 26 take effect in the next four months, according to a new study.
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In : California health insurance, State News, Student Health Insurance, family health insurance, health care, health care reform, health insurance, health reform, health reform legislation, young adult coverage, Posted on May 26, 2010
College Student Health Plans Often Get Low Marks
Kaiser Health News – Aaron Smith is learning the hard way that student health insurance has limits. After breaking his wrist snowboarding in 2008 and twisting his knee playing soccer last year, the 28-year-old Georgetown University law student racked up $925.69 in medical bills, his share of the cost under Georgetown’s UnitedHealthcare student health plan.
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In : Student Health Insurance, family health insurance, health care, health care reform, health insurance, Posted on May 25, 2010
Can’t Un-Ring the Bell on Health Care Reform
The Lewin Report – Despite admonitions of the Tea Parties, worried hospitals, physicians and insurers, and angry Republican leaders in Congress, health care reform is here and going forward. There will be a series of clean-up bills, but regulatory changes are already happening, and major environmental shifts are afoot. Nonetheless, there will be controversies and competing interests at every step along the way. Just this week in Washington, some of those tension-laden issues include:
In : Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Student Health Insurance, health care, health care reform, health insurance, health reform, individual health insurance, individual mandate, pre-existing conditions, uninsured, Posted on May 3, 2010
Road to healthcare coverage may have fewer bumps
Los Angeles Times – On the same day that Daniel Rona qualified for healthcare coverage through his job as an emergency medical technician, an SUV slammed Rona’s motorcycle as he was riding in Santa Monica.
In : Student Health Insurance, health care reform, health insurance, health reform, health reform legislation, short term health insurance, Posted on April 26, 2010
Insurance Protection For Adult Children Won’t Come Fast Enough For Some Parents
Kaiser Health News – When Allison McMaster Young heard that the new health overhaul law would allow her and her husband to keep their 21-year-old son on their family health insurance policy until age 26, she breathed a sigh of relief. Alex will graduate from Fordham University on May 21. Under the terms of the family plan they have through her husband’s job, he’ll lose his coverage the very next day because he’ll no longer be a full-time student. Keeping Alex on the family policy would be by far the simplest and most affordable way to keep him covered after graduating.
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In : Student Health Insurance, health care, health care reform, health insurance, health reform, health reform legislation, uninsured, Posted on April 2, 2010
How to Size Up College Health Coverage
Wall Street Journal – As more parents lose their jobs – and their insurance – in the recession, more college students are having to scramble for health care.
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In : Student Health Insurance, Posted on November 5, 2009
Florida higher education officials may require health insurance for all students
Palm Beach Post – Florida’s Board of Governors will discuss Thursday the possibility of requiring students to have health insurance before enrolling in a Florida university.
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In : Florida health insurance, State News, Student Health Insurance, Posted on March 24, 2009
The young and uninsured
Detroit Metro Times – When you’re as excited as Jon Villasurda is to be a test subject for dental board exams, something is very wrong. Barely batting an eyelash at possibly becoming a failed exam at the hands of University of Michigan dental students, Villasurda was ecstatic the other day about the prospect of having his teeth filled for free. Even if it meant being a guinea pig.
In : Health Care Nightmares, Medicaid, Student Health Insurance, individual health insurance, uninsured, Posted on March 11, 2009