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Defend America on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:29:54 PM
Via Allahpundit:
For young adults, there's a hitch in health-care law
By Jane M. Von Bergen
Inquirer Staff Writer
Communications major Daniel Quick was too busy at Temple University yesterday to watch President Obama sign sweeping health-care legislation into law.
But he had been following the news about one key provision - the
possibility of obtaining health insurance through his parents' health
plans after he graduates next year.
"It's encouraging to me," said Quick, a junior. "That was the major
thing I was worried about, even more than rent and food, after I
graduated from college."
Many plans drop offspring at age 19, unless they are full-time students.
At the White House,
Obama repeated the promise he made to a cheering crowd at Arcadia
University in Glenside two weeks ago. "This year," Obama said
yesterday, "young adults will be able to stay on their parents'
policies until they're 26 years old."
Good news to Quick, but at least for the moment, the president's promise may be premature.
The bill Obama signed leaves a giant loophole, one that will be fixed if the reconciliation bill now being debated in the Senate passes.
The law exempts current insurance policies from having to include coverage for the young adults.
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/personal_finance/88989652.html