post by 666 TEA PARTY REVOLUTION 666 at Aug 31,2010 5:04pm
But what about kids without parental coverage? The new law’s requirement that insurance cover children up to age 26 won’t make any difference for them.
Currently, college students without coverage can enroll in low-cost student health plans offered through universities. These plans may include limits to keep costs down, but are often designed around to complement university health services to provide comprehensive coverage. Affordability is further achieved by rating student health plans on a campus-wide basis rather than according to the whole individual market.
[URL=Side Effects: College Students May Lose Health Care Option Under Obamacare]http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/25/side-effects-college-students-may-lose-health-care-option-under-obamacare/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Fix+Health+Care
According to the Associated Press, some families that are unable to afford the family healthcare plans offered by their employers will be excluded from receiving public assistance to help them pay for a policy from a private insurance carrier. They will therefore then have to pay the same penalty as those who have decided to opt out of the federal healthcare program. Moreover, the glitch could leave up to half a million children without healthcare coverage, according to Bruce Lesley, the president of First Focus, an advocacy group for children. He said that the law’s denying children healthcare was based upon “a bogus definition of affordability.”
