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May 3, 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:
April 26, 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.
April 2, 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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November 5, 2009
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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March 24, 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.
Click here to see Florida’s State Health Guide. Read more about student health insurance.
March 11, 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.